NVIDIA L40 vs NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA L40
NVIDIA A10
18176 Shaders
48GB GDDR6
2490MHz
9216 Shaders
24GB GDDR6
1695MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.9 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
999.75 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
90.52 TFLOPS
FP32
31.24 TFLOPS
FP16
90.52 TFLOPS
FP16
31.24 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
300W
TDP
150W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
2.9 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
999.75 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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724.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
1.45 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
724.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
1.45 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
90.52 TFLOPS
362.07 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
724.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
362.07 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
724.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
31.24 TFLOPS
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
90.52 TFLOPS
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FP32
31.24 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.41 TFLOPS
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FP64
490 GFLOPS
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BF16
90.52 TFLOPS
362.07 TFLOPS Tensor
724.13 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
31.24 TFLOPS
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
181.03 TFLOPS Tensor
362.07 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
62.48 TFLOPS Tensor
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
1.45 POPS Tensor
2.9 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
499.88 TOPS Tensor
999.75 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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724.13 TOPS Tensor
1.45 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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249.94 TOPS Tensor
499.88 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
45.26 TOPS
INT32
15.62 TOPS
Ray Tracing
209.2 TOPS
Ray Tracing
61 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
478.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
162.72 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1414.32 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
488.16 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Server
Family
Server
Codename
NV182
AD102
Variant
AD102-895-A1
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-890-A1
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
10/13/2022
Release Date
4/12/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
608 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
76.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.41M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
18176 Shaders
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Shading Units
9216 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
568 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
288 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
568 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
288 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
142 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
72 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
142 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
72 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
12 GPCs
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735MHz Base
2490MHz
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885MHz Base
1695MHz
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
96MB Shared
L2
6MB Shared
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48GB
GDDR6
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24GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
864GB/s
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
300.1GB/s
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TDP
300W
TDP
150W
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4x DisplayPort 1.4
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
2x NVENC 8
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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