L4 vs RTX PRO 4500 SE: Specs, VRAM & Price
Short answer: choose the RTX PRO 4500 SE when 32 GB of VRAM is the gating requirement. Choose the L4 when 24 GB is enough for the workload and the lower hourly rate points that way.
The L4 has 24 GB of VRAM; the RTX PRO 4500 SE has 32 GB.
You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. L4 from $0.649/GPU/hr; RTX PRO 4500 SE from $0.792/GPU/hr. The L4 is 18% cheaper at the entry rate.
L4
Good for inference and light fine-tuning workloads
RTX PRO 4500 SE
Good for inference and light fine-tuning workloads
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Specs side by side
| Spec | L4 | RTX PRO 4500 SE |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 24 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 300 GB/s | – |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Blackwell |
| Compute capability | 8.9 | 12.0 |
| Precisions in hardware | FP32, FP16, BF16, FP8, INT4 | FP32, FP16, BF16, FP8, INT4 |
| Max board power (TDP) | 72W | – |
| Regions | 1 | 1 |
On-demand price
| Rate | L4 | RTX PRO 4500 SE |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest per GPU/hr | $0.649/GPU/hr | $0.792/GPU/hr |
Which is better for AI: L4 or RTX PRO 4500 SE?
Choose the RTX PRO 4500 SE when 32 GB of VRAM is the gating requirement. Choose the L4 when 24 GB is enough for the workload and the lower hourly rate points that way.
L4 vs RTX PRO 4500 SE: common questions
Is the L4 or the RTX PRO 4500 SE better for AI?
Short answer: choose the RTX PRO 4500 SE when 32 GB of VRAM is the gating requirement. Choose the L4 when 24 GB is enough for the workload and the lower hourly rate points that way.
Is the L4 or the RTX PRO 4500 SE cheaper to rent?
On Aquanode's live marketplace the L4 starts at $0.649/GPU/hr (median $0.649/GPU/hr) and the RTX PRO 4500 SE starts at $0.792/GPU/hr (median $0.792/GPU/hr). The L4 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 18%.
What is the difference between the L4 and the RTX PRO 4500 SE?
The L4 has 24 GB of VRAM against the RTX PRO 4500 SE's 32 GB; the L4 is an Ada Lovelace part and the RTX PRO 4500 SE is Blackwell (compute capability 8.9 vs 12.0); both run BF16, FP8, INT4 workloads in hardware. On price, the L4 lists from $0.649/GPU/hr and the RTX PRO 4500 SE from $0.792/GPU/hr.
How widely available are the L4 and the RTX PRO 4500 SE?
The L4 is listed in 1 region and the RTX PRO 4500 SE in 1 region right now.
How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the L4 vs the RTX PRO 4500 SE?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $649 on the L4 and $792 on the RTX PRO 4500 SE, a difference of $143 for the same runtime. Rates are per GPU per hour and update hourly.
How much VRAM does the L4 have compared to the RTX PRO 4500 SE?
The L4 has 24 GB of VRAM; the RTX PRO 4500 SE has 32 GB.
How this comparison is calculated
Every price is normalized to a per-GPU hourly rate using the same pipeline as every other pricing surface on Aquanode, and only the cheapest qualifying offer per provider is shown. A dash means that provider does not currently list that GPU.
Architecture, compute capability and supported precisions come from each vendor's published datasheet for that generation, not from the marketplace feed. This page regenerates at most once per hour.
Memory bandwidth, tensor TFLOPS, NVLink/interconnect and max board power are the same verified-from-datasheet figures shown on each model's own L4 page and RTX PRO 4500 SE page, which link the primary vendor source for that model. A dash here means Aquanode hasn't verified that figure from a primary source yet, never a guess.
Go further
Check what fits in each card's memory with the L4 VRAM calculator and the RTX PRO 4500 SE VRAM calculator, or browse every model by generation in the GPU index.
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