NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA A16

NVIDIA L40S
NVIDIA A16
18176 Shaders
48GB GDDR6
2520MHz
4x 1280 Shaders
64GB (4x 16GB) GDDR6
1695MHz
Peak AI Performance
2.93 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
555.42 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
91.61 TFLOPS
FP32
17.36 TFLOPS
FP16
91.61 TFLOPS
FP16
17.36 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
300W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
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
2.93 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
555.42 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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732.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
1.47 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
732.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
1.47 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
91.61 TFLOPS
366.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
732.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
366.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
732.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
17.36 TFLOPS
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
91.61 TFLOPS
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FP32
17.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.43 TFLOPS
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FP64
270 GFLOPS
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BF16
91.61 TFLOPS
366.43 TFLOPS Tensor
732.86 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
17.36 TFLOPS
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
183.21 TFLOPS Tensor
366.43 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
34.71 TFLOPS Tensor
69.42 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
1.47 POPS Tensor
2.93 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
277.71 TOPS Tensor
555.42 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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732.86 TOPS Tensor
1.47 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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138.86 TOPS Tensor
277.71 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
45.8 TOPS
INT32
8.68 TOPS
Ray Tracing
211.7 TOPS
Ray Tracing
8.5 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
483.84 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
54.24 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1431.36 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
67.8 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
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
4x 200 mm²
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Transistor Count
76.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
4x 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
4x 1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
568 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
4x 40 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
4x 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
568 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
4x 40 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
142 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
4x 10 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
142 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
4x 10 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
12 GPCs
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1110MHz Base
2520MHz
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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
2MB Shared
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48GB
GDDR6
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64GB (4x 16GB)
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
864GB/s
Clock
905MHz
Transfer Rate
7.2GT/s
Bandwidth
115.9GB/s
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TDP
300W
TDP
250W
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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 EPS
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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
8
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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
40 mm (1.57 in)
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