L40S vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6900 XT with L40S, including specs and performance data.

RX 6900 XT
2020
16 GB GDDR6, 300 Watt
69.44
+60.3%

RX 6900 XT outperforms L40S by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2284
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation29.85no data
Power efficiency16.038.61
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 21AD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date28 October 2020 (4 years ago)13 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$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 cores512018176
Core clock speed1825 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speed2250 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors26,800 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate720.01,431
Floating-point processing power23.04 TFLOPS91.61 TFLOPS
ROPs128192
TMUs320568
Tensor Coresno data568
Ray Tracing Cores80142

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
Length267 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 amount16 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s864.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x 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 Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.21.3
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.

RX 6900 XT 69.44
+60.3%
L40S 43.32

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.

RX 6900 XT 26796
+60.3%
L40S 16715

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD184
+67.3%
110−120
−67.3%
1440p127
+69.3%
75−80
−69.3%
4K85
+70%
50−55
−70%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.43no data
1440p7.87no data
4K11.75no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+68.8%
80−85
−68.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 117
+67.1%
70−75
−67.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 169
+69%
100−105
−69%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+70.8%
130−140
−70.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+70%
70−75
−70%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+68.8%
80−85
−68.8%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+67.1%
70−75
−67.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 170−180
+70%
100−105
−70%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+70%
140−150
−70%
Hitman 3 120−130
+61.3%
80−85
−61.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+68.7%
150−160
−68.7%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+63.2%
95−100
−63.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+62.7%
75−80
−62.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 290−300
+62.8%
180−190
−62.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+68.9%
90−95
−68.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 279
+64.1%
170−180
−64.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 142
+67.1%
85−90
−67.1%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+70.8%
130−140
−70.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+70%
70−75
−70%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+68.8%
80−85
−68.8%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+67.1%
70−75
−67.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 170−180
+70%
100−105
−70%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+70%
140−150
−70%
Hitman 3 120−130
+61.3%
80−85
−61.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+68.7%
150−160
−68.7%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+63.2%
95−100
−63.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+62.7%
75−80
−62.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 290−300
+62.8%
180−190
−62.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+65.6%
90−95
−65.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+68.9%
90−95
−68.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 98
+63.3%
60−65
−63.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 137
+61.2%
85−90
−61.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+70%
70−75
−70%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+68.8%
80−85
−68.8%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+67.1%
70−75
−67.1%
Forza Horizon 4 248
+65.3%
150−160
−65.3%
Hitman 3 120−130
+61.3%
80−85
−61.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 283
+66.5%
170−180
−66.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 290−300
+62.8%
180−190
−62.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 164
+64%
100−105
−64%
Watch Dogs: Legion 121
+61.3%
75−80
−61.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+62.7%
75−80
−62.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+65%
100−105
−65%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+70.8%
65−70
−70.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 99
+65%
60−65
−65%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 109
+67.7%
65−70
−67.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+62%
50−55
−62%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+64.4%
45−50
−64.4%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+64%
50−55
−64%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+69.4%
160−170
−69.4%
Hitman 3 100−110
+68.3%
60−65
−68.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 224
+72.3%
130−140
−72.3%
Metro Exodus 117
+67.1%
70−75
−67.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 190−200
+64.2%
120−130
−64.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+68%
75−80
−68%
Watch Dogs: Legion 230−240
+70.7%
140−150
−70.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+62.9%
70−75
−62.9%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+74%
50−55
−74%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+72.5%
40−45
−72.5%
Hitman 3 83
+66%
50−55
−66%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+61.4%
140−150
−61.4%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+69.2%
65−70
−69.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 122
+62.7%
75−80
−62.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 68
+70%
40−45
−70%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+65%
40−45
−65%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+70%
30−33
−70%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+66.7%
21−24
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+66.7%
30−33
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 162
+62%
100−105
−62%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+69.2%
65−70
−69.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 54
+80%
30−33
−80%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+66.7%
45−50
−66.7%

This is how RX 6900 XT and L40S compete in popular games:

  • RX 6900 XT is 67% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6900 XT is 69% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6900 XT is 70% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 69.44 43.32
Recency 28 October 2020 13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm

RX 6900 XT has a 60.3% higher aggregate performance score.

L40S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the L40S in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6900 XT is a desktop card while L40S is a workstation one.


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