L4: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 29.75% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
NVIDIA started L4 sales 21 March 2023. This is a desktop graphics card based on an Ada Lovelace architecture and made with 5 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 24 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 12.5 GB/s are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 300.1 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 169 mm. 1x 16-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 72 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about L4: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 174 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 34.19 | |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | |
| GPU code name | AD104 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 21 March 2023 (1 year ago) | |
| Current price | $240 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
L4's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of L4's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 7424 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 2040 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 35,800 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 72 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 489.6 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of L4 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 169 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on L4: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 12.5 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 300.1 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on L4. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by L4, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | |
| CUDA | 8.9 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of L4. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance 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.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to L4 is Radeon RX 5600 OEM, which is faster by 3% and higher by 8 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to L4:
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