L4 vs GRID M3-3020
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GRID M3-3020 and L4, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
L4 outperforms GRID M3-3020 by a whopping 290% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 519 | 186 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 28.79 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 May 2016 (8 years ago) | 21 March 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 7424 |
| Core clock speed | 1033 MHz | 795 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1306 MHz | 2040 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 72 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 52.24 | 489.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.672 TFLOPS | 30.29 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 80 |
| TMUs | 40 | 240 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 60 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 169 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1300 MHz | 1563 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 83.2 GB/s | 300.1 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.0 | 8.9 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.66 | 29.85 |
| Recency | 18 May 2016 | 21 March 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
L4 has a 289.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
The L4 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M3-3020 in performance tests.
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