GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs Quadro FX 3500M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro FX 3500M with GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.
RTX 2060 Mobile outperforms FX 3500M by a whopping 3701% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1166 | 203 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.11 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.20 | 17.92 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | G71 | TU106 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 March 2007 (18 years ago) | 29 January 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99.99 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 32 | 1920 |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | 960 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 575 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.80 | 144.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 4.608 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 48 |
| TMUs | 24 | 120 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 30 |
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 size | large | large |
| Interface | MXM-III | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
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 | 512 MB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 600 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s | 336.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | no data | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 2−3
−5100%
| 104
+5100%
|
| 1440p | 1−2
−6500%
| 66
+6500%
|
| 4K | 1−2
−4000%
| 41
+4000%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | 50.00 | no data |
| 1440p | 99.99 | no data |
| 4K | 99.99 | no data |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3050%
|
60−65
+3050%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
−1425%
|
60−65
+1425%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3050%
|
60−65
+3050%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−2060%
|
108
+2060%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
−1425%
|
60−65
+1425%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−2038%
|
171
+2038%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−669%
|
223
+669%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 21−24
−1190%
|
270−280
+1190%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3050%
|
60−65
+3050%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−808%
|
118
+808%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−2040%
|
107
+2040%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
−1425%
|
60−65
+1425%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−5500%
|
56
+5500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−1738%
|
147
+1738%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−1750%
|
111
+1750%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−576%
|
196
+576%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−3050%
|
60−65
+3050%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−762%
|
112
+762%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−1660%
|
88
+1660%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
−1425%
|
60−65
+1425%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−1300%
|
112
+1300%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−900%
|
60
+900%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−324%
|
123
+324%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 3−4
−6500%
|
190−200
+6500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−2088%
|
170−180
+2088%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 30−33 |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
−1475%
|
63
+1475%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−3700%
|
75−80
+3700%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2
−3100%
|
30−35
+3100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−2350%
|
45−50
+2350%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
−7300%
|
74
+7300%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−267%
|
55−60
+267%
|
| Valorant | 4−5
−4175%
|
171
+4175%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−1000%
|
33
+1000%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−1800%
|
38
+1800%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
−1600%
|
34
+1600%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 104
+0%
|
104
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 96
+0%
|
96
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 162
+0%
|
162
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 104
+0%
|
104
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 91
+0%
|
91
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 144
+0%
|
144
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 90−95
+0%
|
90−95
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 90
+0%
|
90
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 98
+0%
|
98
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 84
+0%
|
84
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 113
+0%
|
113
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35
+0%
|
35
+0%
|
| Valorant | 212
+0%
|
212
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 75
+0%
|
75
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 39
+0%
|
39
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 42
+0%
|
42
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 87
+0%
|
87
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
This is how FX 3500M and RTX 2060 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX 2060 Mobile is 5100% faster in 1080p
- RTX 2060 Mobile is 6500% faster in 1440p
- RTX 2060 Mobile is 4000% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Fortnite, with 1440p resolution and the Epic Preset, the RTX 2060 Mobile is 7300% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 2060 Mobile is ahead in 35 tests (54%)
- there's a draw in 30 tests (46%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.73 | 27.75 |
| Recency | 1 March 2007 | 29 January 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 115 Watt |
FX 3500M has 155.6% lower power consumption.
RTX 2060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 3701.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3500M in performance tests.
Be aware that Quadro FX 3500M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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