L40S vs Tesla P4

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla P4 and L40S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla P4
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
23.15

L40S outperforms Tesla P4 by a whopping 112% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking24165
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.1511.19
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP104AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 September 2016 (8 years ago)13 October 2022 (2 years 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 cores256018176
Core clock speed886 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate178.21,431
Floating-point processing power5.704 TFLOPS91.61 TFLOPS
ROPs64192
TMUs160568
Tensor Coresno data568
Ray Tracing Coresno data142

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

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.

Tesla P4 23.15
L40S 49.01
+112%

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.

Tesla P4 8919
L40S 18881
+112%

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 23.15 49.01
Recency 13 September 2016 13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 300 Watt

Tesla P4 has 300% lower power consumption.

L40S, on the other hand, has a 111.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The L40S is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla P4 in performance tests.


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