RTX A3000 Mobile vs Quadro FX 3500

Place in performance ranking	1143	154
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	G71	GA104
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	22 May 2006 (18 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	no data
Current price	$920 (0.6x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	no data	4096
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	130 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	9.000	237.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro FX 3500 and RTX A3000 Mobile 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.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	173 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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1320 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	42.24 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	3.0	6.6
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −9500%	96 +9500%
1440p	0−1	46
4K	0−1	46

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.67	32.63
Recency	22 May 2006	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	12 GB
Chip lithography	90 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	130 Watt