NVIDIA L4 vs AMD Radeon RX 580X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and AMD Radeon RX 580X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

NVIDIA L4

AMD Radeon RX 580X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1340 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
3.3x more pipelines: 7680 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 185 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140684 vs 41822
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7884 vs 6769

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 192.96 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7680 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 185 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	140684 vs 41822
PassMark - G3D Mark	7884 vs 6769

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 795 MHz
5.1x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 752 vs 256

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 795 MHz
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	752 vs 256

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140684

41822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

256

752

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7884

6769

Name	NVIDIA L4	AMD Radeon RX 580X
Geekbench - OpenCL	140684	41822
PassMark - G2D Mark	256	752
PassMark - G3D Mark	7884	6769
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		18294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		18294

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	AMD Radeon RX 580X
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	GCN 4.0
Code name	AD104	Polaris 20
Place in performance rating	185	187
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch date		3 April 2018
Type		Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	7680	2304
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	169 mm, 6.7 inches	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready