RTX 5070VSNVIDIA L40s
AI Benchmark Battle 2026
RTX 5070
Blackwell12GB
$549-600
Consumer
Mid-Range
NVIDIA L40s
Ada Lovelace48GB
$8,000-10000
Enterprise
Professional
LLM Inference
| Model | RTX 5070 | NVIDIA L40s | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Typhoon2.5-Qwen3-4BHigher is better | 433tok/s | 1,523tok/s | NVIDIA L40s |
GPT-OSS-20BHigher is better | Cannot Run | 910tok/s | NVIDIA L40s |
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-FP8Higher is better | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Vision-Language
| Model | RTX 5070 | NVIDIA L40s | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Qwen3-VL-4BHigher is better | 708tok/s | 1,050tok/s | NVIDIA L40s |
Qwen3-VL-8BHigher is better | Cannot Run | 746tok/s | NVIDIA L40s |
Typhoon-OCR-3BHigher is better | 331tok/s | 2,419tok/s | NVIDIA L40s |
Image Generation
| Model | RTX 5070 | NVIDIA L40s | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Qwen-ImageLower is better | 144.00sec | 102.00sec | NVIDIA L40s |
Qwen-Image-EditLower is better | 152.00sec | 104.00sec | NVIDIA L40s |
Video Generation
| Model | RTX 5070 | NVIDIA L40s | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Wan2.2-5BLower is better | 1125.00sec | 412.00sec | NVIDIA L40s |
Wan2.2-14BLower is better | Cannot Run | 940.00sec | NVIDIA L40s |
Speech-to-Text
| Model | RTX 5070 | NVIDIA L40s | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Typhoon-ASRHigher is better | 0.352xx realtime | 0.364xx realtime | NVIDIA L40s |
Winner Analysis
Deep dive into why each GPU performs differently based on technical specifications
Technical Analysis Summary
NVIDIA L40s wins 10 out of 10 benchmarks, excelling in LLM Inference and Vision-Language. Its substantial VRAM capacity provides a decisive advantage for AI inference workloads.
Key Differentiators
- RTX 5070 uses Blackwell architecture while NVIDIA L40s uses Ada Lovelace
- RTX 5070 features next-gen GDDR7 memory
- RTX 5070 offers consumer pricing vs NVIDIA L40s's enterprise cost
- NVIDIA L40s has 48GB VRAM for larger models
LLM Inference
NVIDIA L40s wins in LLM inference because larger VRAM (48GB) allows running bigger models without quantization.
Vision-Language
NVIDIA L40s excels at vision-language tasks due to more VRAM (48GB) handles larger image batches efficiently, and 4th Gen Tensor Cores accelerate cross-attention between visual and text features.
Image Generation
NVIDIA L40s leads in image generation because faster memory enables quicker diffusion iterations, and ample VRAM supports high-resolution image generation.
Video Generation
NVIDIA L40s dominates video generation with significantly more VRAM (48GB) maintains temporal coherence across frames, and large VRAM capacity enables running advanced video generation models.
Speech-to-Text
NVIDIA L40s excels at speech-to-text because 4th Gen Tensor Cores accelerate attention-based speech recognition.
Technical Specifications
RTX 5070
NVIDIA L40s
Overall Winner
NVIDIA L40s
10 wins out of 10 benchmarks
0
RTX 5070
10
NVIDIA L40s
RTX 5070 Advantages
- Significantly lower cost
- Easier availability
NVIDIA L40s Advantages
- More VRAM (48GB vs 12GB)
- Strong in LLM Inference
- Dominates in Vision-Language
- Dominates in Image Generation
Frequently Asked Questions
NVIDIA L40s outperforms RTX 5070 in 10 out of 10 AI benchmarks. The NVIDIA L40s's Ada Lovelace architecture features 4th generation Tensor Cores with DLSS 3 Frame Generation and improved ray tracing performance. With 864 GB/s memory bandwidth and 48GB GDDR6 memory, it delivers superior throughput for AI inference workloads.
RTX 5070 has 12GB of GDDR7 memory with 672 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA L40s has 48GB of GDDR6 memory with 864 GB/s bandwidth. Higher memory bandwidth generally results in faster token generation for large language models.
NVIDIA L40s is faster for LLM inference. LLM performance is heavily dependent on memory bandwidth - NVIDIA L40s's 864 GB/s GDDR6 enables faster token generation compared to RTX 5070's 672 GB/s.
RTX 5070 has a TDP of 220W while NVIDIA L40s has a TDP of 350W. RTX 5070 is more power efficient, making it suitable for deployments with power constraints. For cloud deployments, consider Float16.cloud where you can access these GPUs without managing power infrastructure.
RTX 5070 is priced around $549-600 (consumer market), while NVIDIA L40s costs approximately $8,000-10000 (enterprise/datacenter). Note that RTX 5070 is a consumer GPU while NVIDIA L40s is an enterprise solution with different support and warranty terms.