L40S vs Radeon PRO W7900

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon PRO W7900 and L40S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

PRO W7900
2023
48 GB GDDR6, 295 Watt
76.37
+105%

PRO W7900 outperforms L40S by a whopping 105% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking12122
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation16.64no data
Power efficiency17.938.61
ArchitectureRDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 31AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 April 2023 (1 year ago)13 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores614418176
Core clock speed1855 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speed2495 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors57,700 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)295 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate958.11,431
Floating-point processing power61.32 TFLOPS91.61 TFLOPS
ROPs192192
TMUs384568
Tensor Coresno data568
Ray Tracing Cores96142

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length280 mm267 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB48 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth864.0 GB/s864.0 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 Connectors3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.11x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.23.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

PRO W7900 76.37
+105%
L40S 37.31

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

PRO W7900 29470
+105%
L40S 14397

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 76.37 37.31
Recency 13 April 2023 13 October 2022
Power consumption (TDP) 295 Watt 300 Watt

PRO W7900 has a 104.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 months, and 1.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon PRO W7900 is our recommended choice as it beats the L40S in performance tests.


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