RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 62 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 29.56 |
| Architecture | G7x (2005−2006) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | G71M | no data |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 October 2006 (18 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 cores | 64 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 16 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 500 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 556 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP) |
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).
| Laptop size | large | large |
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 | 2x512 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 16000 MHz |
| Shared memory | - | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | GDDR3 | 12 Ultimate |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 October 2006 | 21 March 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | 115 Watt |
Go 7900 GTX SLI has 27.8% lower power consumption.
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 7900 GTX SLI and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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