GeForce RTX 3060 and L40 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
L40
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
AD102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
October 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2490 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
76,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
18176
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
1,414
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
48 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
864.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3