NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA Tesla T4

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA Tesla T4 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA L4

  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2040 MHz vs 1515 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 72 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 140765 vs 61276
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 2040 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 72 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 140765 vs 61276

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla T4

  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 795 MHz
  • 6.4x more memory clock speed: 10000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 592 vs 196
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10616 vs 6006
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1005 MHz vs 795 MHz
Memory clock speed 10000 MHz vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 592 vs 196
PassMark - G3D Mark 10616 vs 6006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA L4
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla T4

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
140765
61276
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
196
592
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6006
10616
Name NVIDIA L4 NVIDIA Tesla T4
Geekbench - OpenCL 140765 61276
PassMark - G2D Mark 196 592
PassMark - G3D Mark 6006 10616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 127.622
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3026.812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 119.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 910.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14076
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1781
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14076
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1781

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA L4 NVIDIA Tesla T4

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Turing
Code name AD104 TU104
Place in performance rating 233 270
Launch date 13 September 2018
Type Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2040 MHz 1515 MHz
Core clock speed 795 MHz 1005 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 75 Watt
Transistor count 35800 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 169 mm, 6.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin None
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 10000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6