L20 vs Radeon 780M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 298 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 47 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 84.85 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Hawx Point | AD102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 December 2023 (less than a year ago) | 16 November 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 | 768 | 11776 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2700 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 25,390 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 275 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 129.6 | 927.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.294 TFLOPS | 59.35 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 128 |
| TMUs | 48 | 368 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 368 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 12 | 92 |
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 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 864.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | Portable Device Dependent | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 275 Watt |
Radeon 780M has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 1733.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 780M and L20. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 780M is a notebook card while L20 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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