RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs L40
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 12 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.84 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | AD102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 October 2022 (2 years ago) | 9 August 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 18176 | 12800 |
| Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 1155 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,414 | 1,020 |
| Floating-point processing power | 90.52 TFLOPS | 65.28 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | 176 |
| TMUs | 568 | 400 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 | 400 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 142 | 100 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 16-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 864.0 GB/s | 576.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 October 2022 | 9 August 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 32 GB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 250 Watt |
L40 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.
RTX 5000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 20% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between L40 and RTX 5000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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