A100 SXM4 and L4 - video card comparison

A100 SXM4

L4

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Ada Lovelace

GPU code name

GA100

AD104

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

May 2020

March 2023

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

None

1x 16-pin

Boost clock speed

-

2040 MHz

Core clock speed

1410 MHz

-

Manufacturing process technology

7 nm

5 nm

Number of transistors

54,200 million

35,800 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

6912

7424

Power consumption (TDP)

400 Watt

72 Watt

Texture fill rate

609.1

489.6

Memory type

HBM2E

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

40 GB

24 GB

Memory bus width

5120 Bit

192 Bit

Memory clock speed

2430 MHz

12.5 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

1,555 GB/s

300.1 GB/s

Display Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

8.0

8.9

OpenCL

2.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

6.7

Vulkan

1.2.140

1.3