NVIDIA L4 vs NVIDIA A10

NVIDIA L4
NVIDIA A10
7680 Shaders
24GB GDDR6
2040MHz
9216 Shaders
24GB GDDR6
1695MHz
Peak Performance
1002.7 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak Performance
999.75 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
31.33 TFLOPS
FP32
31.24 TFLOPS
FP16
31.33 TFLOPS
FP16
31.24 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
72W
TDP
150W
Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Server
Family
Server
Codename
NV184
AD104
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Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-890-A1
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
3/21/2023
Release Date
4/12/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
295 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
35.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
121.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
7680 Shaders
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Shading Units
9216 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
288 TMUs
Render Output Units
80 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
240 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
288 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
60 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
72 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
60 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
72 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
5 GPCs
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795MHz Base
2040MHz
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885MHz Base
1695MHz
Peak Performance
1002.7 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak Performance
999.75 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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250.68 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
501.35 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
250.68 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
501.35 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
31.33 TFLOPS
125.34 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
250.68 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
125.34 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
250.68 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
31.24 TFLOPS
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
31.33 TFLOPS
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FP32
31.24 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.49 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.49 TFLOPS
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BF16
31.33 TFLOPS
125.34 TFLOPS Tensor
250.68 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
31.24 TFLOPS
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
62.67 TFLOPS Tensor
125.34 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
62.48 TFLOPS Tensor
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
501.35 TOPS Tensor
1002.7 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
499.88 TOPS Tensor
999.75 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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250.68 TOPS Tensor
501.35 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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249.94 TOPS Tensor
499.88 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
15.67 TOPS
INT32
15.62 TOPS
Ray Tracing
72.4 TOPS
Ray Tracing
61 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
163.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
162.72 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
489.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
488.16 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
48MB Shared
L2
6MB Shared
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24GB
GDDR6
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24GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1563MHz
Transfer Rate
12.5GT/s
Bandwidth
300.1GB/s
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
300.1GB/s
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TDP
72W
TDP
150W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
-
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
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Model
2x NVENC 8
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
Height
56 mm (2.2 in)
Width
169 mm (6.65 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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