NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 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 RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1565 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 300.5 GTexel/s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 7680 vs 6144
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 20 GB
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140765 vs 124062

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1565 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 300.5 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7680 vs 6144
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 20 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	140765 vs 124062

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 795 MHz
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 72 Watt
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1101 vs 196
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20215 vs 6006

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 795 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 72 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1101 vs 196
PassMark - G3D Mark	20215 vs 6006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140765

124062

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

196

1101

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6006

20215

Name	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
Geekbench - OpenCL	140765	124062
PassMark - G2D Mark	196	1101
PassMark - G3D Mark	6006	20215

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD104
Place in performance rating	233	36
Launch date		21 Mar 2023
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1565 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	7680	6144
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	125.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	300.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	35800 million
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	168 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	20 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	280.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	160 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6