NVIDIA L4 vs AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and AMD Radeon Pro W6900X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA L4

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 50% higher pipelines: 7680 vs 5120
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 300 W

Pipelines	7680 vs 5120
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 300 W

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

2.3x more core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 795 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2150 MHz vs 2040 MHz
Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 489.6 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 24 GB
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 151605 vs 140723

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 795 MHz
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz vs 2040 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 489.6 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	151605 vs 140723

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140723

151605

Name	NVIDIA L4	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
Geekbench - OpenCL	140723	151605
PassMark - G2D Mark	196
PassMark - G3D Mark	6006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3739

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 2.0
Code name	AD104	Navi 21
Place in performance rating	230	233
Launch date		3 Aug 2021
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	2150 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	7680	5120
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	688.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	300 W
Transistor count	35800 million	26800 million
Compute units		80
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		22.02 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Quad-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	169 mm, 6.7 inches	267 mm 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	700 W
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches	120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6