NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA L4

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

379.5x more texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
6.3x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

2.8x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 795 MHz
Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2040 MHz
2.1x more pipelines: 16384 vs 7680
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 140765
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 196
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 6006

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 795 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2040 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 7680
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 140765
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 196
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 6006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140765

317791

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

196

1297

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6006

38287

Name	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Geekbench - OpenCL	140765	317791
PassMark - G2D Mark	196	1297
PassMark - G3D Mark	6006	38287
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		9223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2968.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD102
Place in performance rating	233	13
Launch date		20 Sep 2022
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	7680	16384
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	76300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	169 mm, 6.7 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches	137 mm, 5.4 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 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	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X