NVIDIA L40 vs NVIDIA A30

NVIDIA L40
NVIDIA A30
18176 Shaders
48GB GDDR6
2490MHz
3584 Shaders
24GB HBM2
1440MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.9 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.32 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
90.52 TFLOPS
FP32
10.32 TFLOPS
FP16
90.52 TFLOPS
FP16
41.29 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
300W
TDP
165W
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
1.32 POPS
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
41.29 TFLOPS
165.15 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
330.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
165.15 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
330.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
90.52 TFLOPS
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FP32
10.32 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.41 TFLOPS
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FP64
5.16 TFLOPS
10.32 TFLOPS Tensor
BF16
90.52 TFLOPS
362.07 TFLOPS Tensor
724.13 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
20.64 TFLOPS
165.15 TFLOPS Tensor
330.3 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
181.03 TFLOPS Tensor
362.07 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
82.58 TFLOPS Tensor
165.15 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
1.45 POPS Tensor
2.9 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
660.6 TOPS Tensor
1.32 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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724.13 TOPS Tensor
1.45 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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330.3 TOPS Tensor
660.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
45.26 TOPS
INT32
10.32 TOPS
Ray Tracing
209.2 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
478.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
138.24 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1414.32 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
322.56 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
NV170
GA100
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
10/13/2022
Release Date
4/12/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
7N
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Die Size
608 mm²
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Die Size
826 mm²
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Transistor Count
76.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
54.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
125.41M/mm²
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Transistor Density
65.62M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
18176 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
568 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
224 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
568 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
224 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
142 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
142 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
56 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
12 GPCs
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735MHz Base
2490MHz
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930MHz Base
1440MHz
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
192KB/SM
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L2
96MB Shared
L2
24MB Shared
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48GB
GDDR6
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24GB
HBM2
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
3072Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
864GB/s
Clock
1215MHz
Transfer Rate
2.4GT/s
Bandwidth
933.1GB/s
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TDP
300W
TDP
165W
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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
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
5x NVDEC 4
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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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
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OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
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CUDA
8.0
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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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
2.0
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
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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