NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB vs NVIDIA L40 48GB

The L40 delivers 6.0x the FP8 throughput of the GeForce RTX 4060 (362 vs 60 TFLOPS dense). The L40 also carries 40 GB more memory (48 GB vs 8 GB).

GeForce RTX 4060: Ada Lovelace, 2023 L40: Ada Lovelace, 2023
FP8 dense lead
6.0x
L40: 362 vs 60 TFLOPS
VRAM
8 vs 48 GB
40 GB more for the L40
TDP
115 W vs 300 W
GeForce RTX 4060 draws 185 W less

Specifications

GeForce RTX 4060
L40
Architecture
Ada LovelaceAda Lovelace
Launch Year
20232023
Form Factor
PCIePCIe
VRAM
8 GB48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
864 GB/s
TDP
115 W300 W
Process Node
4nm4nm

Performance (TFLOPS)

GeForce RTX 4060
L40
FP64
0.2 TFlops No verified data available
FP32
15.1 TFlops 90.5 TFlops
TF32
15.1 TFlops
sparse not published
90.5 TFlops
181.0 TFLOPS sparse
BF16
30.2 TFlops
sparse not published
181.1 TFlops
362.1 TFLOPS sparse
FP16
30.2 TFlops
sparse not published
181.1 TFlops
362.1 TFLOPS sparse
FP8
60.5 TFlops
sparse not published
362.0 TFlops
724.0 TFLOPS sparse
FP6
No verified data available No verified data available
FP4
No verified data available No verified data available
INT8
120.9 TFlops
sparse not published
362.0 TFlops
724.0 TOPS sparse

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

Both GPUs launched in 2023: the GeForce RTX 4060 on Ada Lovelace and the L40 on Ada Lovelace.

Dense throughput for the GeForce RTX 4060 against the L40: FP32 15 vs 91 TFLOPS, FP16 30 vs 181 TFLOPS, FP8 60 vs 362 TFLOPS. Sparse figures, where the vendor publishes them, appear under each dense number in the performance table.

Memory is 8 GB against 48 GB. More memory per GPU means larger models fit before you have to shard across cards, which often matters more than raw TFLOPS for inference.

Power budgets are 115 W for the GeForce RTX 4060 and 300 W for the L40. At FP32 that works out to 0.13 against 0.30 TFLOPS per watt.

For LLM training and inference, weight the FP8 and FP16 rows and memory capacity most heavily. For scientific and HPC workloads, the FP64 row is the one to read.

Frequently asked questions

Is the GeForce RTX 4060 faster than the L40?

At FP8 precision the L40 reaches 362 TFLOPS dense against 60 TFLOPS for the GeForce RTX 4060. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.

Which has more memory, the GeForce RTX 4060 or the L40?

The L40 carries 48 GB of VRAM versus 8 GB for the GeForce RTX 4060.

How much power do the GeForce RTX 4060 and the L40 draw?

The GeForce RTX 4060 is rated at 115 W TDP and the L40 at 300 W. On FP32 throughput per watt, the L40 is the more efficient part.

Can I rent the GeForce RTX 4060 or the L40 in the cloud?

Yes. Live cloud listings tracked by Flopper start at $0.06 per GPU hour. The rental pricing section on this page lists current providers and rates for both GPUs.

Where to Rent

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB

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Vast.ai
1× GeForce RTX 4060 8GB Community $0.06 2h ago View →
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NVIDIA L40 48GB

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RunPod
1× L40 48GB Community $0.69 2h ago View →
CoreWeave
8× L40 48GB Spot $0.78 2h ago View →
Hyperstack
1× L40 48GB Spot $0.80 2h ago View →
RunPod
1× L40 48GB $0.82 2h ago View →
Massed Compute
1× L40 48GB $0.88 2h ago View →
Hyperstack
1× L40 48GB $1.00 2h ago View →
CoreWeave
8× L40 48GB $1.25 2h ago View →
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