NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1680 MHz
  • 4x more pipelines: 7680 vs 1920
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 96% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140500 vs 71746
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 2040 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Pipelines 7680 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 72 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 140500 vs 71746

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

  • Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 795 MHz
  • 9x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 748 vs 236
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14150 vs 11519
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1365 MHz vs 795 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 748 vs 236
PassMark - G3D Mark 14150 vs 11519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
140500
71746
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
236
748
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11519
14150
Name NVIDIA L4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Geekbench - OpenCL 140500 71746
PassMark - G2D Mark 236 748
PassMark - G3D Mark 11519 14150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 217.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3103.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 134.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1155.956
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6714
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7482

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA L4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Turing
Code name AD104 TU106
Place in performance rating 157 158
Launch date 7 January 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $349
Price now $349.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 62.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2040 MHz 1680 MHz
Core clock speed 795 MHz 1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 12 nm
Pipelines 7680 1920
Pixel fill rate 163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 489.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 72 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 35800 million 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count 2
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 169 mm, 6.7 inches 229 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 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 300.1 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6