NVIDIA L40 vs NVIDIA A2

NVIDIA L40
NVIDIA A2
18176 Shaders
48GB GDDR6
2490MHz
1280 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.9 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
90.52 TFLOPS
FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
FP16
90.52 TFLOPS
FP16
4.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
300W
TDP
60W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
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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
145 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
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
90.52 TFLOPS
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FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.41 TFLOPS
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FP64
70 GFLOPS
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BF16
90.52 TFLOPS
362.07 TFLOPS Tensor
724.13 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
181.03 TFLOPS Tensor
362.07 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
9.06 TFLOPS Tensor
18.12 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
1.45 POPS Tensor
2.9 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
72.5 TOPS Tensor
145 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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724.13 TOPS Tensor
1.45 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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36.25 TOPS Tensor
72.5 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
45.26 TOPS
INT32
2.27 TOPS
Ray Tracing
209.2 TOPS
Ray Tracing
8.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
478.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
56.64 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1414.32 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
70.8 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
NV177
GA107
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
10/13/2022
Release Date
11/10/2021
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
200 mm²
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Transistor Count
76.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.41M/mm²
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
18176 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
568 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
568 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
40 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
142 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
10 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
142 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
12 GPCs
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735MHz Base
2490MHz
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1440MHz Base
1770MHz
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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
2MB Shared
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48GB
GDDR6
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16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
864GB/s
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
100GB/s
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TDP
300W
TDP
60W
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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
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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
8
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
69 mm (2.72 in)
Width
168 mm (6.61 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
Change Comparison