L4 vs Tesla T4

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla T4 and L4, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Tesla T4
2018
16 GB GDDR6, 70 Watt
27.88

L4 outperforms Tesla T4 by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking200190
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.3028.46
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU104AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 September 2018 (6 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 cores25607424
Core clock speed585 MHz795 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz2040 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt72 Watt
Texture fill rate254.4489.6
Floating-point processing power8.141 TFLOPS30.29 TFLOPS
ROPs6480
TMUs160240
Tensor Cores320240
Ray Tracing Cores4060

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mm169 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s300.1 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.9

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.

Tesla T4 27.88
L4 29.89
+7.2%

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.

Tesla T4 10744
L4 11518
+7.2%

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.

Tesla T4 61276
L4 140668
+130%

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 27.88 29.89
Recency 13 September 2018 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 72 Watt

Tesla T4 has 2.9% lower power consumption.

L4, on the other hand, has a 7.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Tesla T4 and L4.


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