NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB 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.

NVIDIA L4

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 795 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1200 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 7680 vs 3328
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 93% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140483 vs 72871

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	795 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7680 vs 3328
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	140483 vs 72871

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 72 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 72 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140483

72871

Name	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	140483	72871
PassMark - G2D Mark		1131
PassMark - G3D Mark		13756
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5831

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA106
Place in performance rating	78	82
Launch date		23 Nov 2021
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7680	3328
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		7.987 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
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	167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches	69 mm, 2.7 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6