L40S

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2023-08-08
CUDA Cores
18,176
Memory
48 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth
864 GB/s
TDP/TBP
350 W
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

L40S is a NVIDIA L-Series accelerator from the Ada Lovelace generation. Its historical context is data-center deployment rather than gaming, so form factor, memory capacity, interconnect, virtualization features, and server compatibility are the details that make this entry useful.

Used-Market Caution

Before buying used, confirm PCIe versus SXM or OAM form factor, passive airflow needs, auxiliary power, HBM size, firmware locks, ECC or retired-page errors, seller proof from nvidia-smi under load, and whether any vGPU or enterprise licensing is required.

Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA L40S product pageOfficial memory, maximum power, and connector specificationsOpen source
  2. NVIDIA L40S launch press releaseOfficial 2023-08-08 announcement and fall availability statementOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source