Independently verified GPU comparison Updated July 15, 2025

NVIDIA L40S vs RTX 6000 Ada

Compare AI performance, rendering, memory, deployment features and rental pricing using NVIDIA’s official specifications and AceCloud’s current cloud configurations.

Data-center AI and graphics

NVIDIA L40S

Ada Lovelace · 48 GB PCIe

Memory
48 GB GDDR6 ECC

Bandwidth
864 GB/s

FP32
91.6 TFLOPS

Maximum power
350W

Available to rent on AceCloud

Professional visual computing

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada

Ada Lovelace · 48 GB PCIe

Memory
48 GB GDDR6 ECC

Bandwidth
960 GB/s

FP32
91.1 TFLOPS

Maximum power
300W

Available to rent on AceCloud

The honest take: These GPUs are much closer than their product categories suggest. They have the same memory capacity, CUDA Core count, Tensor Core count, RT Core count and media-engine configuration. Choose L40S for 24×7 data-center deployment and AceCloud configurations scaling to four GPUs. Choose RTX 6000 Ada for professional graphics, certified workstation applications and a 24% lower starting monthly price.

Quick answer

Which GPU fits your workload?

A workload-first view of where L40S supports production scale and RTX 6000 Ada delivers stronger value.

Production AI inference

24×7 inference, multimodal services and data-center operations

L40S L40S is designed for continuous enterprise data-center operation. It combines FP8, the Transformer Engine and secure hardware features with strong AI and graphics performance.

AI development and fine-tuning

Single-GPU experimentation and tuning within 48 GB

RTX 6000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada offers nearly identical theoretical AI performance, the same memory capacity and higher bandwidth at a substantially lower AceCloud price.

Omniverse and remote graphics at scale

Multi-user visualization, digital twins and OVX deployments

L40S L40S is positioned for scalable data-center graphics and NVIDIA OVX environments. AceCloud also offers configurations with up to four L40S GPUs.

Professional rendering and visualization

ISV-certified CAD, VFX and design applications

RTX 6000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada is specifically designed and certified for professional workstation applications, rendering, simulation, VR and interactive visualization.

Multi-GPU production workloads

Parallel inference, rendering jobs and scale-out processing

L40S AceCloud offers up to four L40S GPUs per listed configuration, compared with up to two RTX 6000 Ada GPUs. Neither GPU supports NVLink.

Video production and streaming

AV1 creation, editing, encoding and remote delivery

RTX 6000 Ada Both GPUs have equivalent listed media engines, but RTX 6000 Ada offers the lower starting price and workstation-oriented creative software support.

Side by side

Full technical specifications

Every technical figure below is based on NVIDIA’s official L40S and RTX 6000 Ada specifications.

NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada technical specification comparison

Specification	NVIDIA L40S	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
GPU memory	48 GB GDDR6 ECC	48 GB GDDR6 ECC
Memory interface	Not listed on product page	384-bit
Memory bandwidth	864 GB/s	960 GB/s
CUDA Cores	18,176	18,176
Tensor Cores	568 fourth-generation	568 fourth-generation
RT Cores	142 third-generation	142 third-generation
FP32 performance	91.6 TFLOPS	91.1 TFLOPS
Sparse FP8 Tensor performance	1,466 TFLOPS	1,457 TFLOPS
RT Core performance	212 TFLOPS	210.6 TFLOPS
Video encoders	3 NVENC	3 NVENC
Video decoders	3 NVDEC	3 NVDEC
AV1 encoding and decoding	Supported	Supported
vGPU software	Supported	Supported
Display outputs	4× DisplayPort 1.4a	4× DisplayPort 1.4a
NVLink	No	No
MIG	No	Not listed by NVIDIA
PCIe interface	PCIe Gen4 x16	PCIe Gen4 x16
Thermal design	Passive	Active
Maximum power	350W	300W
Secure boot with root of trust	Yes	Not listed
NEBS readiness	Level 3	Not listed
VR ready	Not listed	Yes
Professional application certification	Not specifically listed	Broad ISV certification
Form factor	Dual-slot, full-height	Dual-slot, full-height
AceCloud configurations	1×, 2× and 4× GPUs	1× and 2× GPUs

L40S becomes commercially relevant when data-center positioning or access to four-GPU configurations matters more than the price difference.

Straight comparison

How do L40S and RTX 6000 Ada differ in performance?

Raw specifications translated into simple relative performance. Longer bars indicate higher output.

GPU memory

GB GDDR6 ECC

L40S

RTX 6000 Ada

Memory bandwidth

GB/s

L40S

864

RTX 6000 Ada

960

FP32 performance

TFLOPS

L40S

99.6

RTX 6000 Ada

91.1

FP8 Tensor performance

TFLOPS

L40S

1,466

RTX 6000 Ada

1,457

RT Core performance

TFLOPS

L40S

212

RTX 6000 Ada

210.6

Disclaimer: These are theoretical peak specifications. Real-world performance depends on model architecture, precision, batch size, framework, optimization, CPU and RAM allocation and storage throughput.

What you pay