GPU Comparison

NVIDIA
GEFORCE

NVIDIA L40S

CORE STATE AD102
VRAM 48 GB
CLOCK SPEED 2520 MHz
TDP 300 W
BUS WIDTH 384 bit
ARCHITECTURE Ada Lovelace
nm
PROCESS 5 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2022
VS
NVIDIA
GEFORCE

PG506-232

CORE STATE GA100
VRAM 24 GB
CLOCK SPEED 1440 MHz
TDP 165 W
BUS WIDTH 3072 bit
ARCHITECTURE Ampere
nm
PROCESS 7 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

geekbench_opencl
330,727
225,124
geekbench_vulkan
260,799
N/A

Analysis: NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA PG506-232

The graphics card comparison between GeForce NVIDIA L40S and Radeon NVIDIA PG506-232 shows remarkably matched performance. The two cards trade blows throughout different benchmarks, with not one securing a consistent lead. This test results confirms this finding. No card leads consistently. Users encounter a real decision here.

If performance is remarkably comparable, price and capabilities get the main factors. Examine real-time ray tracing capability, reconstruction technology, TDP, and software stability when selecting between GeForce NVIDIA L40S and Radeon NVIDIA PG506-232. All these factors might influence the decision. Weigh broadly. This broader context matters.

In the end, builders should choose based on availability instead of pure performance solely. Both GeForce NVIDIA L40S and Radeon NVIDIA PG506-232 achieve strong visual capability for their respective segments. This choice depends on individual priorities. Each selection is good. Users shouldn't go badly with these options.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION
L40S
PG506-232
Core Specs
Shading Units
18,176
3,584 -80.3%
Shaders
18,176
3,584 -80.3%
TMUs
568
224 -60.6%
ROPs
192
96 -50.0%
SM Count
142
56 -60.6%
Clocks
Base Clock
1110 MHz
930 MHz
Boost Clock
2520 MHz
1440 MHz
Memory Clock
2250 MHz 18 Gbps effective
1215 MHz 2.4 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
48 GB
24 GB
VRAM (MB)
49,152
24,576 -50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
HBM2
Memory Bus
384 bit
3072 bit
Bandwidth
864.0 GB/s
933.1 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
192 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
48 MB
24 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
483.8 GPixel/s
138.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
1,431.4 GTexel/s
322.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
91.61 TFLOPS
10.32 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
1,431.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
91.61 TFLOPS (1:1)
10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
142
Tensor Cores
568
224 -60.6%
Power
TDP
300 W
165 W
TDP (W)
300
165 -45.0%
Suggested PSU
700 W
450 W
Power Connectors
1x 16-pin
8-pin EPS
Architecture
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Ampere
GPU Name
AD102
GA100
Generation
Server Ada (Lxx)
Server Ampere (Axx)
Process Size
5 nm
7 nm
Transistors
76,300 million
54,200 million
Die Size
609 mm²
826 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
125.3M / mm²
65.6M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
8.9
8.0
Shader Model
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
267 mm 10.5 inches
267 mm 10.5 inches
Height
111 mm 4.4 inches
112 mm 4.4 inches
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Server Ampere
Tesla Turing
Successor
Server Hopper
Server Ada
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