RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 4080 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAda Lovelace
GPU code nameAD102AD104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2023 (1 year ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$1360 no data

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 cores140805120
Boost clock speed2400 MHz1545 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate1,056247.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 4080 Ti 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.

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length336 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinno 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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount20 GB12 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed21.2 GB/s18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth848.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 100 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 Ti and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4080 Ti is a desktop card while RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti
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