NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 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, 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 Quadro RTX 5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1815 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140490 vs 105171

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	140490 vs 105171

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

2x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 795 MHz
9x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 737 vs 236
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15962 vs 11519

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 795 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	737 vs 236
PassMark - G3D Mark	15962 vs 11519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140490

105171

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

737

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11519

15962

Name	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
Geekbench - OpenCL	140490	105171
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	737
PassMark - G3D Mark	11519	15962
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		226.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4161.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		25.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		118.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1106.12
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10685

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD104	TU104
Place in performance rating	159	161
Launch date		13 August 2018
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,299
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1815 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	1620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	7680
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	13,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	169 mm, 6.7 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6