Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs NVIDIA L4

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and NVIDIA L4 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Apple M1 Pro 14-core

NVIDIA L4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 795 MHz
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 72 Watt

Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 795 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 72 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

548.6x more pipelines: 7680 vs 14
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140686 vs 39831

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	7680 vs 14
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	140686 vs 39831

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 14-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA L4

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39831

140686

Name	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	NVIDIA L4
Geekbench - OpenCL	39831	140686
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721
PassMark - G2D Mark		236
PassMark - G3D Mark		11519

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	NVIDIA L4
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating	165	162
Architecture		Ada Lovelace
Code name		AD104
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	795 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.644 TFLOPS
Pipelines	14	7680
Render output units	56
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	72 Watt
Boost clock speed		2040 MHz
Pixel fill rate		163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		489.6 GTexel/s
Transistor count		35800 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	300.1 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		24 GB
Memory clock speed		1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Single-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		169 mm, 6.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 16-pin
Width		56 mm, 2.2 inches
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan