RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce GTX 670

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking375not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.46no data
Power efficiency5.66no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK104AD104
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date10 May 2012 (12 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores13445120
Core clock speed915 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate109.8247.2
Floating-point processing power2.634 TFLOPS15.82 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs112160
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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (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 width256-bit GDDR5192 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

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
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 May 2012 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation has an age advantage of 10 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 70% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 670 and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 670 is a desktop card while RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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