NVIDIA A100 vs NVIDIA L4
NVIDIA A100 comes out ahead of NVIDIA L4 on 4 of the 6 things that decide this, going by what each maker publishes. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
NVIDIA A100 takes it, 4–2 on rounds.
On the published figures, NVIDIA A100 takes 4 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose NVIDIA A100 if…
- • You want NVIDIA A100's edge on how much memory it has and how fast its memory is
Choose NVIDIA L4 if…
- • You want NVIDIA L4's edge on how much power it draws and how new it is
Round by round
- Round 1How much memory it hasNVIDIA A100 wins
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How fast its memory isNVIDIA A100 wins
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How fast it runs FP16 AI mathNVIDIA A100 winsNVIDIA L45/10
242 TFLOPS
fp16 tensor core, with sparsity
- 242 TFLOPS, against 624 TFLOPS
Source: nvidia.com ↗
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How much power it drawsNVIDIA L4 wins
NVIDIA L4 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5Which memory generation it usesNVIDIA A100 wins
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How new it isNVIDIA L4 wins
NVIDIA L4 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Side by side
- 80 GB HBM2e, against 128 GB HBM2E
- 2,039 GB/s, against 3.7 TB/s
- 312 TFLOPS, against 1,678 TFLOPS
- 2020, against September 24, 2024
- 24 GB GDDR6, against 80 GB HBM2e
- 300 GB/s, against 2,039 GB/s
- 242 TFLOPS, against 624 TFLOPS
- GDDR6, against HBM2e