NVIDIA A100 vs NVIDIA L4

Side-by-side comparison of specifications, performance, and efficiency.

Specifications

NVIDIA A100 NVIDIA L4
Architecture
Ampere Ada Lovelace
Launch Year
2020 2023
Form Factor
PCIe PCIe
VRAM
40 GB24 GB
Memory Bandwidth
1.6 TB/s300 GB/s
TDP
250 W72 W
Process Node
7nm 4nm

Performance (TFLOPS)

NVIDIA A100 NVIDIA L4
FP64
9.7 TFlops0.4 TFlops
FP32
19.5 TFlops30.3 TFlops
FP16
312.0 TFlops242.0 TFlops
BF16
312.0 TFlops242.0 TFlops
FP8
485.0 TFlops
INT8
624.0 TFlops485.0 TFlops

FLOPS by Precision

Efficiency — TDP vs FP32 Performance

Analysis

Most Efficient
NVIDIA L4
0.42 TFLOPS/W

Where to Rent

NVIDIA L4

ProviderInstancePrice/hr
Vast.ai
$0.03 View →
RunPod
L4 $0.39 View →

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