RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Matrox Parhelia 128 MB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated62
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.60
ArchitectureParhelia (2002−2006)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameParhelia-512no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 June 2002 (22 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 coresno data5120
Core clock speed200 MHzno data
Number of transistors80 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate0.8no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 4xno data
Length175 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors2x DVIno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX8.112 Ultimate
OpenGL1.5no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 June 2002 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 5 nm

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 20 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Matrox Parhelia 128 MB and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Matrox Parhelia 128 MB is a desktop card while RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is a notebook one.


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