NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA RTX A5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA RTX A5000 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).

NVIDIA L4

NVIDIA RTX A5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 489.6 GTexel/s vs 433.9 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 230 Watt

Boost clock speed	2040 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s vs 433.9 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt vs 230 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1170 MHz vs 795 MHz
Around 7% higher pipelines: 8192 vs 7680
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154729 vs 140765
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1032 vs 196
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22553 vs 6006

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1170 MHz vs 795 MHz
Pipelines	8192 vs 7680
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	154729 vs 140765
PassMark - G2D Mark	1032 vs 196
PassMark - G3D Mark	22553 vs 6006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140765

154729

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

196

1032

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6006

22553

Name	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA RTX A5000
Geekbench - OpenCL	140765	154729
PassMark - G2D Mark	196	1032
PassMark - G3D Mark	6006	22553
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA L4	NVIDIA RTX A5000
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Place in performance rating	233	69
Launch date		12 Apr 2021
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	795 MHz	1170 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7680	8192
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	489.6 GTexel/s	433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	72 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		27.77 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DisplayPort
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	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	56 mm, 2.2 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	300.1 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6