NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA A30

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA A30 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 A30

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
2.1x more pipelines: 7680 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140765 vs 127071

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7680 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	140765 vs 127071

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 795 MHz

Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 795 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA A30

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140765

127071

Name	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA A30
Geekbench - OpenCL	140765	127071
PassMark - G2D Mark	196
PassMark - G3D Mark	6006

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA A30
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA100
Place in performance rating	233	99
Launch date		12 Apr 2021
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1440 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	7680	3584
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	138.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	322.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	54200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.32 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	Dual-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	8-pin EPS
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	933.1 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	3072 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2e