GeForce RTX 3080 and L40 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080
L40
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
AD102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
October 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
2490 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
76,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
18176
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
465.1
1,414
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
48 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
760.3 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
8.5
8.9
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3