RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Quadro 4000 Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated80
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data35.88
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF100AD104
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date12 June 2011 (14 years ago)21 March 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 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 cores2565120
Core clock speed475 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1545 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)142 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate15.20247.2
Floating-point processing power0.4864 TFLOPS15.82 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs32160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1792 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed702 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth89.86 GB/s432.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.08.9
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 June 2011 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 142 Watt 100 Watt

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 11 years, a 585.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 42% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro 4000 Mac Edition and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro 4000 Mac Edition is a workstation graphics card while RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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