L4 vs GeForce4 MX 4000

Place in the ranking	1510	188
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	28.93
Architecture	Celsius (1999−2005)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	NV18 A4	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	14 December 2003 (20 years ago)	21 March 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores	no data	7424
Core clock speed	250 MHz	795 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2040 MHz
Number of transistors	29 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	72 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.000	489.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	30.29 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	80
TMUs	4	240
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	60

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).

Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	169 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	DDR	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	24 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB/s	300.1 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x VGA

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	8.0	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.8
OpenGL	1.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce4 MX 4000 0.01

L4 29.86
+298500%

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.

GeForce4 MX 4000 4

L4 11518
+287850%

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	0.01	29.86
Recency	14 December 2003	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	24 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	5 nm

L4 has a 298500% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 19 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.

The L4 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce4 MX 4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce4 MX 4000 is a desktop card while L4 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.