NVIDIA L40 48GB
Performance
Peak theoretical throughput by precision type
| Precision | Dense | 2:4 Sparse |
|---|---|---|
FP64 | No verified data available | Structured sparsity is a tensor-core feature; this vector precision has no sparse form |
FP32 32-bit floating point | 91TFLOPS | Structured sparsity is a tensor-core feature; this vector precision has no sparse form |
TF32 TensorFloat-32 | 91TFLOPS | 181TFLOPS |
BF16 Brain Float 16 | 181TFLOPS | 362TFLOPS |
FP16 16-bit floating point | 181TFLOPS | 362TFLOPS |
FP8 8-bit floating point | 362TFLOPS | 724TFLOPS |
FP6 | No verified data available | The part supports 2:4 sparsity, but the vendor publishes no sparse figure for this precision |
FP4 | No verified data available | The part supports 2:4 sparsity, but the vendor publishes no sparse figure for this precision |
INT8 8-bit integer | 362TOPS | 724TOPS |
INT4 4-bit integer | 724TOPS | 1,448TOPS |
Dense peak divided by accelerator TDP. Board power only: excludes host CPUs, networking, cooling and facility overhead. TDP for this part: 300 W.
The L40 48GB in the GPU landscape
Peak FP16 TFLOPS (dense) against TDP, single-GPU parts tracked by Flopper
Higher and further left is better: more half-precision throughput for less power.
Specifications
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Form Factor
PCIe
Launch Year
2023
Process Node
4nm
Memory
48 GB GDDR6
Bandwidth
864 GB/s
TDP
300 W
Max power (Flopper estimate)
~345 W est. Flopper estimate: 300 W TDP x 1.15. The vendor publishes no maximum board power for this part.
Spec Confidence
Official
Full Specifications
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| Memory | 48 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s |
| Interface Width | No verified data available |
| Power & Thermal | |
| TDP | 300 W |
| Max power (Flopper estimate) | ~345 W est. |
| Enterprise Features | |
| Sparsity | Yes |
| General | |
| Form Factor | PCIe |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace |
| Process Node | 4nm |
| Launch Year | 2023 |
Datasheet & Resources
Data Provenance
Every figure traced to a source
Primary Source
- Document
- —
- Publisher
- NVIDIA
- Published
- No verified data available
Data Quality
- Spec confidence
- Official
- Clock basis
- Boost
- Core precisions with figures
- 6 of 9
- Normalization
- All values in TFLOPS
Rent this GPU
$0.69 / GPU-hr
Lowest of 7 live listings across 4 providers· median $0.94
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many TFLOPS does the NVIDIA L40 have?
The NVIDIA L40 delivers 91 TFLOPS FP32, 181 TFLOPS FP16 and 362 TFLOPS FP8 at peak.
What is the power consumption of the NVIDIA L40?
The NVIDIA L40 has a TDP (Thermal Design Power) rating of 300 watts.
How much memory does the NVIDIA L40 have?
The NVIDIA L40 is equipped with 48 GB of memory with 864 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
What architecture is the NVIDIA L40 based on?
The NVIDIA L40 is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, launched in 2023.
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