L4 vs FirePro W5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5000 and L4, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W5000
2012, $599
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
7.09

L4 outperforms W5000 by a whopping 242% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking589261
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.63no data
Power efficiency7.2725.93
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnAD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date7 August 2012 (13 years ago)21 March 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7687424
Core clock speed825 MHz795 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2040 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt72 Watt
Texture fill rate39.60489.6
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS30.29 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs48240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60
L1 Cache192 KB7.5 MB
L2 Cache512 KB48 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length183 mm169 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s300.1 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

FirePro W5000 7.09
L4 24.28
+242%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro W5000 2967
Samples: 253
L4 10153
+242%
Samples: 13

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

FirePro W5000 9760
L4 141050
+1345%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

FirePro W5000 12432
L4 118563
+854%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.09 24.28
Recency 7 August 2012 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 72 Watt

L4 has a 242.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 4.2% lower power consumption.

The L4 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W5000 in performance tests.

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