RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 4050
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce RTX 4050 with RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms RTX 4050 by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 158 | 79 |
| Place by popularity | 37 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 25.86 | 35.35 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | AD107 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 2023 (2 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 | 2560 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 2505 MHz | 1110 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2640 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 18,900 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 211.2 | 247.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.52 TFLOPS | 15.82 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | 120 | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 18 | 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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-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 | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 96 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 216.0 GB/s | 432.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| 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 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 34.79 | 47.56 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 12 GB |
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile has a 36.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 4050 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop graphics card while RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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