L4 vs RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Place in performance ranking	15	175
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	34.32
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Ada Lovelace	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 December 2022 (1 year ago)	21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,799	no data
Current price	$9290 (1.4x MSRP)	$240

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation and L4 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	18176	7424
Core clock speed	915 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	2040 MHz
Number of transistors	76,300 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	72 Watt
Texture fill rate	1,423	489.6

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	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	169 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin

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	8.9	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	384 bit Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	20000 MHz	12.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	300.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.9	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 72.64
+144%

L4 29.76

RTX 6000 Ada Generation outperforms L4 by 144% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 28116
+144%

L4 11518

RTX 6000 Ada Generation outperforms L4 by 144% in Passmark.

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%

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 285735
+103%

L4 140483

RTX 6000 Ada Generation outperforms L4 by 103% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 6000 Ada Generation 234879
+104%

L4 115341

RTX 6000 Ada Generation outperforms L4 by 104% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	183 +161%	70−75 −161%
1440p	150 +150%	60−65 −150%
4K	109 +173%	40−45 −173%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +144%	45−50 −144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +156%	50−55 −156%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +149%	65−70 −149%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	170−180 +151%	70−75 −151%
Far Cry 5	130 +160%	50−55 −160%
Far Cry New Dawn	113 +151%	45−50 −151%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +155%	80−85 −155%
Hitman 3	210−220 +148%	85−90 −148%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220 +144%	90−95 −144%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +171%	45−50 −171%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	250 +150%	100−105 −150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +167%	45−50 −167%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +144%	45−50 −144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +156%	50−55 −156%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +149%	65−70 −149%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	170−180 +151%	70−75 −151%
Far Cry 5	126 +152%	50−55 −152%
Far Cry New Dawn	109 +173%	40−45 −173%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +155%	80−85 −155%
Hitman 3	210−220 +148%	85−90 −148%
Horizon Zero Dawn	204 +155%	80−85 −155%
Metro Exodus	114 +153%	45−50 −153%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +171%	45−50 −171%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	237 +149%	95−100 −149%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	489 +145%	200−210 −145%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +167%	45−50 −167%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +144%	45−50 −144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +156%	50−55 −156%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +149%	65−70 −149%
Far Cry 5	118 +162%	45−50 −162%
Far Cry New Dawn	100 +150%	40−45 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +155%	80−85 −155%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	260 +160%	100−105 −160%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +167%	45−50 −167%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	130−140 +166%	50−55 −166%
Hitman 3	160−170 +151%	65−70 −151%
Horizon Zero Dawn	192 +156%	75−80 −156%
Metro Exodus	95 +171%	35−40 −171%
Red Dead Redemption 2	70−75 +163%	27−30 −163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	219 +158%	85−90 −158%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +170%	30−33 −170%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	90−95 +163%	35−40 −163%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +149%	55−60 −149%
Far Cry 5	118 +162%	45−50 −162%
Far Cry New Dawn	99 +148%	40−45 −148%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +147%	70−75 −147%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	219 +158%	85−90 −158%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 +163%	30−33 −163%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +173%	30−33 −173%
Hitman 3	95−100 +171%	35−40 −171%
Horizon Zero Dawn	149 +148%	60−65 −148%
Metro Exodus	90 +157%	35−40 −157%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +161%	18−20 −161%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	128 +156%	50−55 −156%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	184 +145%	75−80 −145%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +146%	24−27 −146%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +176%	21−24 −176%
Battlefield 5	95−100 +174%	35−40 −174%
Far Cry 5	115 +156%	45−50 −156%
Far Cry New Dawn	98 +145%	40−45 −145%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +154%	50−55 −154%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +156%	18−20 −156%