NVIDIA L4 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA L4

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 795 MHz vs 675 MHz
18133.3x more texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 7680 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 2 GB
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6006 vs 1373

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	795 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	7680 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6006 vs 1373

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 72 Watt
2.6x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 566 vs 196

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 72 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	566 vs 196

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

196

566

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6006

1373

Name	NVIDIA L4	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Geekbench - OpenCL	140765
PassMark - G2D Mark	196	566
PassMark - G3D Mark	6006	1373

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	GCN 1.0
Code name	AD104	Heathrow
Place in performance rating	233	257
Launch date		24 April 2012
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	7680	640
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		864.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 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
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0