L40 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
L40
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
AD102
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2022
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 16-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
2490 MHz
1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
4 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
76,300 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
18176
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
1,414
199.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
48 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
18 GB/s
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
864.0 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.9
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3