NVIDIA L4 vs AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and AMD Radeon Pro SSG 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA L4

AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1500 MHz
1275x more texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 7680 vs 4096
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
4.9x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11519 vs 10972

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	7680 vs 4096
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11519 vs 10972

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Around 81% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 795 MHz
Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 588 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 795 MHz
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	588 vs 236

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro SSG

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

588

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11519

10972

Name	NVIDIA L4	AMD Radeon Pro SSG
Geekbench - OpenCL	140686
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	588
PassMark - G3D Mark	11519	10972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7766

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	AMD Radeon Pro SSG
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	GCN 5.0
Code name	AD104	Vega 10
Place in performance rating	162	164
Launch date		8 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP)		$6,999
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	7680	4096
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	384.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		12,288 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	6x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	169 mm, 6.7 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1890 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2