NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER vs NVIDIA L4 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark results between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER and the NVIDIA L4. However, each card has its own recorded benchmark scores that allow for meaningful comparison against its closest rivals. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER shows a single 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6269.5, placing it at the 36th percentile of all GPUs tracked. Its average benchmark score is 6270, which puts it exactly level with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 at a 0% delta. It also sits within a narrow band of competitors: 0.8% ahead of the AMD FirePro W600 (6223 score) and 0.2% behind the NVIDIA Quadro K620 (6282 score), while trailing the AMD Radeon R7 M350 by 0.9% (6327 score). This clustering indicates the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's performance profile sits in a tightly contested mid-range segment where small percentage differences separate adjacent cards.

The NVIDIA L4, by contrast, records two benchmark scores: a Geekbench OpenCL score of 140838 and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 121306. Its average benchmark score is 131072, placing it at the 95th percentile of all GPUs, a far higher standing than the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 36th percentile. The L4's nearest rivals show it slightly trailing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti by 0.7% (131938 score), the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation by 3.1% (135218 score), the NVIDIA A10M by 3.1% (135230 score), and the AMD Radeon PRO W6800 by 3.2% (135396 score). The L4's closest competitor, the RTX 3090 Ti, is within a single percentage point, meaning the L4 delivers near-parity with a flagship-class card from the previous generation. The gap between the L4 and its next rivals widens to roughly 3%, indicating a clear performance tier break after the RTX 3090 Ti.

The two cards occupy entirely different benchmark ecosystems. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's recorded test is a DX12 gaming workload, while the L4's tests are OpenCL and Vulkan compute-oriented workloads. This explains the massive score disparity: 6270 versus 131072 average. The L4's percentile rank of 95 versus the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 36 reflects not just raw speed but also the nature of the workloads each card is designed for. The data shows the L4 is positioned among the top 5% of all tracked GPUs, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER sits closer to the middle of the distribution, surrounded by cards with similar average scores.

The Verdict

The benchmark data makes the intended use case for each card clear. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER delivers a 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 6269.5 in a DX12 test, a result that ties it exactly with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 and places it within one percentage point of several rivals. Its 36th percentile ranking suggests it is a mainstream performer, not a top-tier card, but one that matches a well-known predecessor precisely. The L4, with an average score of 131072 across OpenCL and Vulkan tests and a 95th percentile ranking, is a high-performance compute card that nearly matches the RTX 3090 Ti in raw score while consuming far less power (72 W TDP versus the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 350 W TDP). The L4's 0.7% deficit to the RTX 3090 Ti is negligible in practical terms, and its 3.1% gap to the RTX 4000 Ada Generation shows it sits just below a newer professional card.

Who should pick which depends strictly on workload type. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is the choice for DX12 gaming and graphics workloads, given its 3DMark result and its GeForce 50-series positioning with display outputs (1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b). The L4 has no display outputs, making it unsuitable as a primary graphics card for a desktop workstation. Its single-slot, 72 W design with no power connectors, however, makes it ideal for dense server deployments where the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's dual-slot, 350 W, 16-pin connector requirement would be prohibitive. The L4's 24 GB GDDR6 memory versus the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 16 GB GDDR7 also points to different memory capacity priorities: the L4 prioritizes capacity for large compute datasets, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER prioritizes bandwidth (896.0 GB/s versus 300.1 GB/s) for graphics throughput.

Architecture Differences

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses the GB203 chip built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 120.6M per mm². The L4 uses the AD104 chip built on the Ada Lovelace architecture, also fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.8M per mm². The transistor densities are nearly identical, but the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER packs 9,800 million more transistors and a larger die. The Blackwell 2.0 architecture supports PCIe 5.0 x16, while the Ada Lovelace L4 uses PCIe 4.0 x16.

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 8,960 shading units, 280 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 70 RT cores, and 280 tensor cores. The L4 has 7,424 shading units, 240 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 60 RT cores, and 240 tensor cores. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER leads in every compute unit count, with roughly 20-21% more shading units, TMUs, and tensor cores, and 17-20% more ROPs and RT cores. Clock speeds differ dramatically: the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER runs at a 2295 MHz base and 2452 MHz boost, while the L4 runs at a 795 MHz base and 2040 MHz boost. The L4's low base clock suggests aggressive power management for its 72 W TDP, while its boost clock reaches into a competitive range.

Memory architecture is another major split. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth and a memory clock of 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). The L4 uses 24 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 300.1 GB/s of bandwidth and a memory clock of 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective). The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has nearly three times the bandwidth, while the L4 has 50% more capacity. Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 in their API listings.

FAQ

Q: Which card has higher raw compute performance in FP32?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER delivers 43.94 TFLOPS FP32, while the L4 delivers 30.29 TFLOPS FP32. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is 45% ahead in this metric, and both cards run FP16 at a 1:1 ratio with their FP32 figures.

Q: How do their memory bandwidth figures compare?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth from 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus. The L4 has 300.1 GB/s of bandwidth from 24 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER offers roughly triple the bandwidth, while the L4 offers 50% more capacity.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a 350 W TDP, uses a dual-slot design, and requires a single 16-pin power connector. The L4 has a 72 W TDP, uses a single-slot design, and requires no power connectors, with a suggested PSU of 250 W.

Q: Which card is better suited for a desktop workstation with a monitor?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has display outputs (1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b) and is an active production card in the GeForce 50-series. The L4 has no display outputs, so it cannot directly drive a monitor.

Q: How do their benchmark percentile rankings differ?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER sits at the 36th percentile of all GPUs with an average score of 6270. The L4 sits at the 95th percentile with an average score of 131072.

Q: What are the physical dimensions of each card?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER measures 304 mm in length, 137 mm in height, and 48 mm in width. The L4 measures 169 mm in length and 56 mm in height, with no width recorded.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER wins in raw graphics throughput. Its FP32 compute of 43.94 TFLOPS is 45% higher than the L4's 30.29 TFLOPS. Its pixel rate of 235.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 686.6 GTexel/s both exceed the L4's 163.2 GPixel/s and 489.6 GTexel/s. In memory bandwidth, the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 896.0 GB/s more than doubles the L4's 300.1 GB/s, a decisive advantage for high-resolution textures and frame buffer operations. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER also supports PCIe 5.0 x16 versus the L4's PCIe 4.0 x16, offering double the bus bandwidth for data transfers. Its 350 W TDP, while higher, funds substantially higher clock speeds and shading unit counts, and its display outputs make it a functional desktop graphics card.

The L4 wins in compute density and deployment flexibility. Its 24 GB memory capacity is 50% larger than the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 16 GB, which matters for workloads that need large resident datasets. Its 72 W TDP is less than one-quarter of the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 350 W, and its single-slot design with no power connectors allows installation in servers where power and space are constrained. The L4's 95th percentile ranking versus the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 36th percentile, while based on different benchmark suites, indicates the L4 achieves near-top-tier compute scores in its tested workloads. Its 0.7% gap to the RTX 3090 Ti shows it nearly matches a flagship card in OpenCL and Vulkan compute, and its 3.1% gap to the RTX 4000 Ada Generation places it just below a newer professional offering. The L4's lower base clock of 795 MHz versus 2295 MHz reflects its power efficiency focus, but its boost clock of 2040 MHz shows it can reach competitive speeds when needed. The L4's 250 W suggested PSU requirement and 168 mm shorter length make it far easier to fit into existing server infrastructure.

Specification Differences

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses the GB203 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture, while the L4 uses the AD104 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, versus the L4's 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die. Transistor density is similar at 120.6M per mm² versus 121.8M per mm². The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a 2295 MHz base clock and 2452 MHz boost, while the L4 has a 795 MHz base and 2040 MHz boost. Memory differs in type and configuration: the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses 16 GB GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth and 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) memory clock; the L4 uses 24 GB GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 300.1 GB/s bandwidth and 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) memory clock.

Compute unit counts differ across the board: the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 8,960 shading units, 280 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 70 RT cores, and 280 tensor cores; the L4 has 7,424 shading units, 240 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 60 RT cores, and 240 tensor cores. Pixel rate is 235.4 GPixel/s versus 163.2 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 686.6 GTexel/s versus 489.6 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 43.94 TFLOPS versus 30.29 TFLOPS, with both at 1:1 FP16.

Power and physical design diverge substantially. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a 350 W TDP, dual-slot width, a single 16-pin power connector, and dimensions of 304 mm length, 137 mm height, and 48 mm width. The L4 has a 72 W TDP, single-slot width, no power connectors, a 250 W suggested PSU, and dimensions of 169 mm length and 56 mm height with no width recorded. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses PCIe 5.0 x16 and has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b outputs; the L4 uses PCIe 4.0 x16 and has no display outputs. Both cards are Active in production status and support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a launch MSRP of 749 USD and a release date of 2025-12-31, while the L4 has no recorded launch MSRP and a release date of 2023-03-20. The L4 lists a predecessor of Server Ampere and a successor of Server Hopper, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has no predecessor or successor listed.