RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation vs A16 PCIe

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA107AD104
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date12 April 2021 (3 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 cores25605120
Core clock speed885 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate135.6247.2
Floating-point processing power8.678 TFLOPS15.82 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs80160
Tensor Cores80160
Ray Tracing Cores2040

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1812 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth231.9 GB/s432.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 100 Watt

A16 PCIe has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A16 PCIe and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A16 PCIe is a workstation card while RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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