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NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA L40
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Best GPUs for deep learning, AI development, compute in 2023–2024. Recommended GPU & hardware for AI training, inference (LLMs, generative AI). GPU training, inference benchmarks using PyTorch, TensorFlow for computer vision (CV), NLP, text-to-speech, etc.
We benchmark these GPUs and compare AI performance (deep learning training; FP16, FP32, PyTorch, TensorFlow), 3d rendering, Cryo-EM performance in the most popular apps (Octane, VRay, Redshift, Blender, Luxmark, Unreal Engine, Relion Cryo-EM).
Our benchmarks will help you decide which GPU (NVIDIA RTX 4090/4080, H100 Hopper, H200, A100, RTX 6000 Ada, A6000, A5000, or RTX 6000 ADA Lovelace) is the best GPU for your needs. We provide an in-depth analysis of the AI performance of each graphic card's performance so you can make the most informed decision possible. We offer deep learning and 3d rendering benchmarks that will help you get the most out of your hardware.
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Benchmarks
Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]
Resnet50 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
1262
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
5641
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
431
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
2134
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
511
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
2285
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
166
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
822
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
761
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
3402
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
273
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
1349
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
353
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
1575
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
122
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
602
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
VGG16 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
450
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
2012
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
VGG16 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
VGG16 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
248
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
1223
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
VGG16 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Googlenet (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Googlenet (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
2540
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
4439.17
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Unreal Engine
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2024-2025 [Updated]
Total run time
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2024-2025 [Updated]
Training Time (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Performance (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Training Time (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Performance (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024–2025 [Updated]
Eval rate
1 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA A40
n/a
NVIDIA L40
n/a
Technical Specifications
Board Design
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Outputs | 3x DisplayPort | 4x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 8-pin EPS | 1x 16-pin |
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 300 W | 300 W |
Clock Speeds
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1740 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1305 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 14500 MHz | 18000 MHz |
Graphics Card
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | Tesla (Axx) | Tesla Ada (Lxx) |
Graphics Features
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.9 |
Graphics Processor
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Die Size | 628 mm2 | 608 mm2 |
| GPU Name | GA102 | AD102-895-A1 |
| Process Size | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors | 28300 million | 76300 million |
Memory
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 695.8 GB/s | 864 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Size | 48 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
Render Config
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 112 | 192 |
| RT Cores | 84 | 142 |
| Shading Units/ CUDA Cores | 10752 | 18176 |
| TMUs | 336 | 568 |
| Tensor Cores | 336 | 568 |
Theoretical Performance
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 37.42 TFLOPS | 90.52 TFLOPS |
| FP32 (float) performance | 37.42 TFLOPS | 90.52 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 584.6 GFLOPS | 1414 GFLOPS |
| Pixel Rate | 194.9 GPixel/s | 478.1 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 584.6 GTexel/s | 1414 GTexel/s |
Price
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Release Date | Oct 5th, 2020 | Oct 13th, 2022 |
Test bench configuration
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | BIZON X5000 More details | BIZON X5500 More details |
| Software | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 461.40 VRay Benchmark: 5 Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo Blender: 2.90 Luxmark: 3.1 | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: VRay Benchmark: Octane Benchmark: Redshift Benchmark: Blender: Luxmark: |
Recommended hardware
| NVIDIA A40 | NVIDIA L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Best GPU workstations | BIZON X5500 | |
| Best NVIDIA GPU servers | BIZON X7000 | BIZON X7000 |