RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 460

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking596not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.25no data
Power efficiency2.51no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF104AD104
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date12 July 2010 (14 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3365120
Core clock speed675 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1545 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate37.80247.2
Floating-point processing power0.9072 TFLOPS15.82 TFLOPS
ROPs2464
TMUs56160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 amount2 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 July 2010 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation has an age advantage of 12 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 is a desktop card while RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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