RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking749not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.95no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF116AD104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date15 March 2011 (15 years ago)21 March 2023 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1925120
Core clock speed783 MHz1725 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2250 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate25.06360.0
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS23.04 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs32160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40
L1 Cache256 KB5 MB
L2 Cache256 KB48 MB

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s432.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.18.9
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 March 2011 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation is a workstation one.

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