GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh vs GeForce3 Ti500
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kelvin (2001−2003) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | NV20 A5 | TU106B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2001 (24 years ago) | 29 January 2019 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | no data |
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 | no data | 1920 |
| Core clock speed | 240 MHz | 1005 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1560 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 57 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.920 | 187.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 5.99 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 120 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 30 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 1.9 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 3 MB |
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).
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 183 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 250 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 GB/s | 264.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2001 | 29 January 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 12 nm |
RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh has an age advantage of 17 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce3 Ti500 and GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce3 Ti500 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile Refresh is a notebook one.
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