How the NVIDIA L40S GPU Compares with the A100 and H100 Tensor Core GPUs

Exxact Servers Get a Boost with NVIDIA L40S GPUs

NVIDIA GPUs are a staple in Exxact HPC solutions, offering compute leadership for AI training and inference. NVIDIA H100 and A100 Tensor Core GPUs have helped Exxact servers develop complex AI models like large language models (LLM) used in chatbots.

Exxact servers outfitted with the recently released NVIDIA L40S GPU continue to help deliver compelling performance and advantages, combining powerful AI computing with best-in-class graphics and media acceleration to power the next generation of data center workloads. Exxact servers with NVIDIA L40S GPUs are capable of powering generative AI inference and training, as well as accelerating 3D graphics, rendering, and video workloads.

With the L40S GPU in data centers, Exxact can satisfy enterprise professionals looking for a high-performing GPU server to accelerate AI workloads with better price-to-performance, faster deployment, and the versatility to handle other HPC workloads. Let’s explore how the NVIDIA L40S GPU offers increased benefits over A100 and H100 GPUs.

How the NVIDIA L40S GPU Compares with the A100 and H100 GPUs

The NVIDIA L40S GPU is an upgraded version of the NVIDIA L40 GPU, which was designed for data center graphics and large-scale NVIDIA Omniverse simulation and workloads. And while Exxact servers with L40S GPU can be used for those same workloads, it can also power AI training and inferencing at a high level. Let’s compare its provided specifications with NVIDIA’s A100 and H100 Tensor Core GPUs.

Advantages of Exxact Servers with NVIDIA L40S

Better General-Purpose Computing: Compared with the NVIDIA A100 GPUs, the L40S GPU has substantially improved general-purpose performance with 4.5x the FP32 coupled with 18,176 CUDA cores. An Exxact server accelerated by the L40S GPU yields exceptional HPC performance that enables users to crush workloads, spanning from complex molecular dynamics simulation, such as GROMACS and RELION, to dense AI training or sometimes even both!

Great AI Performance: The L40S GPU also outperforms the A100 GPU in its specialty; FP32 Tensor Core performance is higher by about 50 TFLOPS. While an Exxact server with L40S GPU doesn’t quite match one packed with the new NVIDIA H100 GPU, the L40S GPU features the NVIDIA Hopper architecture Transformer Engine and the ability to compute on FP8 and hybrid floating point precision, enabling an eight L40S GPU configuration to perform up to 1.7x and 1.5x faster in AI training and inference, respectively, than the previous generation eight-NVIDIA HGX A100 GPU system. The L40S GPU is also a superb choice for AI workloads, like image processing, data aggregation, and generative AI.

Next-Generation Graphics: The NVIDIA L40S GPU also includes 142 third-generations RT Cores and an industry-leading 48GBs of GDDR6 memory delivering incredible graphics performance. Outfit an Exxact server solution with four or eight L40S GPUs to demolish high-polygon 3D models, run CFD simulations, render complexly textured ray-traced environments, and handle any other workloads requiring massive amounts of data.

Better Accessibility: The NVIDIA L40S GPU is a mainstream accelerator slotted into Exxact servers via PCIe 4.0. Its user-friendly installation process, low barriers to entry, and impressive performance make it a standout choice for upgrade versus other AI accelerators. Exxact’s fast turnaround times can deliver solutions featuring L40S GPUs more quickly for immediate deployment, making it an attractive choice for research institutions and small to medium enterprise settings.

What Workloads Benefit from an Exxact Server Featuring NVIDIA L40S GPUs?

Built on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, the L40S GPU delivers groundbreaking multi-workload acceleration and is the most powerful universal GPU for the data center. Exxact servers outfitted with NVIDIA L40S GPU can accelerate LLM training and inference, generative AI, as well as graphics and video applications to cover various computational needs.

The versatility and performance of the NVIDIA L40S GPU makes it an attractive option to pick for your next Exxact server. With shorter lead times, faster deployment, and workload flexibility compared with A100 and H100, solutions featuring NVIDIA L40S GPUs helps best satisfies small to mid-scale AI training operations that value the best performance per dollar delivered in a traditional server infrastructure.

An Exxact NVIDIA L40S server is well-suited for workloads if you need the following:

• You need computing fast in a familiar form factor - the L40S GPU is a Dual Slot PCIe GPU ready to be integrated into your existing computing infrastructure.
• Calculations don’t need extreme precision - the L40S lacks FP64 but makes up for it with exceptional FP32 performance, great FP16 performance, and includes FP8 (and mixed precision).
• Multi-modal workloads - the L40S GPU can satisfy data centers with mixed workloads like training AI models, running HPC simulations, and/or rendering images on the same computing infrastructure.
• You need video and audio output - featuring 4 DisplayPort 1.4 for a maximum native resolution of 5K60Hz or more with DSC. The A100 and H100 are strictly compute accelerators and have no video output built in.

Exxact Corporation is a proud provider of NVIDIA-Certified Solutions featuring the NVIDIA L40S GPU. Contact us today for more information on how you can boost your productivity, revitalize your computing, and innovate with an Exxact server built with NVIDIA GPUs and accelerators.