A100 SXM4 and L40 - video card comparison

A100 SXM4

L40

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Ada Lovelace

GPU code name

GA100

AD102

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

May 2020

October 2022

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

None

1x 16-pin

Boost clock speed

-

2490 MHz

Core clock speed

1410 MHz

-

Manufacturing process technology

7 nm

4 nm

Number of transistors

54,200 million

76,300 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

6912

18176

Power consumption (TDP)

400 Watt

300 Watt

Texture fill rate

609.1

1,414

Memory type

HBM2E

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

40 GB

48 GB

Memory bus width

5120 Bit

384 Bit

Memory clock speed

2430 MHz

18 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

1,555 GB/s

864.0 GB/s

Display Connectors

No outputs

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

8.0

8.9

OpenCL

2.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

6.7

Vulkan

1.2.140

1.3