NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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.

NVIDIA L4

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 795 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1290 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 7680 vs 5120
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 80 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140480 vs 89617

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	795 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7680 vs 5120
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	140480 vs 89617

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140480

89617

Name	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	140480	89617
PassMark - G3D Mark		15500
PassMark - G2D Mark		650
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10437

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA104
Place in performance rating	78	80
Launch date		12 Jan 2021
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1290 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7680	5120
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		13.21 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	169 mm, 6.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready