Quadro RTX A6000 vs GMA X3500
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 54 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 4.89 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 13.96 |
| Architecture | Generation 4.0 (2006−2007) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Bearlake | GA102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 August 2007 (18 years ago) | 5 October 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $4,649 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | no data | 10752 |
| Core clock speed | 667 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.336 | 604.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 38.71 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 112 |
| TMUs | 8 | 336 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 336 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 84 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-pin EPS |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 768.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 August 2007 | 5 October 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 300 Watt |
GMA X3500 has 2207.7% lower power consumption.
RTX A6000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GMA X3500 and Quadro RTX A6000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GMA X3500 is a desktop graphics card while Quadro RTX A6000 is a workstation one.
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