RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1175 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.65 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | G94 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 23 October 2008 (16 years ago) | 21 March 2023 (2 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 48 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 1110 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1545 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 247.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.156 TFLOPS | 15.82 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 24 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 40 |
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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
| SLI options | 2-way | - |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB/s | 432.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | Two Dual Link DVIHDTV | Portable Device Dependent |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 October 2008 | 21 March 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 100 Watt |
9600 GSO 512 has 11.1% lower power consumption.
RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9600 GSO 512 is a desktop card while RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.
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