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NVIDIA A100 vs NVIDIA L4
Side-by-side comparison of specifications, performance, and efficiency.
NVIDIA A100
OfficialArchitecture
Ampere
Year
2020
VRAM
40 GB
TDP
250 W
NVIDIA L4
OfficialArchitecture
Ada Lovelace
Year
2023
VRAM
24 GB
TDP
72 W
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
| Spec | NVIDIA A100 | NVIDIA L4 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Launch Year | 2020 | 2023 |
| Form Factor | PCIe | PCIe |
| VRAM | 40 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1.6 TB/s | 300 GB/s |
| TDP | 250 W | 72 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
| Precision | NVIDIA A100 | NVIDIA L4 |
|---|---|---|
| FP64 | 9.7 TFlops | 0.4 TFlops |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFlops | 30.3 TFlops |
| FP16 | 312.0 TFlops | 242.0 TFlops |
| BF16 | 312.0 TFlops | 242.0 TFlops |
| FP8 | — | 485.0 TFlops |
| INT8 | 624.0 TFlops | 485.0 TFlops |
FLOPS by Precision
Efficiency — TDP vs FP32 Performance
Analysis
Most Efficient
NVIDIA
L4
0.42 TFLOPS/W
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