RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	79	not rated
Place by popularity	23	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	29.48	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Turing TU106	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	2 July 2019 (4 years ago)	21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$374 (0.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2176	5120
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	1545 MHz
Number of transistors	10,800 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	224.4	247.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2060 Super and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	432.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.9

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 July 2019	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	100 Watt

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