NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA A10

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA A10 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.

NVIDIA L4

NVIDIA A10

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1695 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 150 Watt

Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 885 MHz vs 795 MHz
Around 20% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 7680
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 158308 vs 140765
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 196
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22064 vs 6006

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	885 MHz vs 795 MHz
Pipelines	9216 vs 7680
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308 vs 140765
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007 vs 196
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064 vs 6006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140765

158308

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

196

1007

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6006

22064

Name	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA A10
Geekbench - OpenCL	140765	158308
PassMark - G2D Mark	196	1007
PassMark - G3D Mark	6006	22064

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA A10
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Place in performance rating	233	28
Launch date		12 Apr 2021
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7680	9216
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	488.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		31.24 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Single-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	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6