GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs Quadro FX 3500M

Place in the ranking	1145	181
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.11	no data
Power efficiency	1.22	18.47
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	G71	TU106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 March 2007 (17 years ago)	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	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 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

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 −5000%	102 +5000%
1440p	1−2 −6200%	63 +6200%
4K	1−2 −3800%	39 +3800%

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

3−4

−1533%

45−50
+1533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1720%	91 +1720%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2833%	88 +2833%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1533%	45−50 +1533%
Far Cry 5	0−1	105
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −10900%	110 +10900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1560%	83 +1560%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1758%	223 +1758%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	100
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −2014%	148 +2014%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −632%	227 +632%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −2040%	107 +2040%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2533%	79 +2533%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1533%	45−50 +1533%
Far Cry 5	0−1	85
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −8100%	82 +8100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1400%	75 +1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1533%	196 +1533%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	75
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1657%	123 +1657%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −520%	60−65 +520%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −513%	190 +513%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −900%	50 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1833%	58 +1833%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1533%	45−50 +1533%
Far Cry 5	0−1	62
Hitman 3	5−6 −1220%	66 +1220%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −683%	94 +683%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1429%	107 +1429%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −500%	60 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −22.6%	38 +22.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	65
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5300%	54 +5300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	40
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4100%	42 +4100%
Hitman 3	7−8 −557%	46 +557%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −1650%	70 +1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	35−40
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −6900%	210 +6900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1967%

62
+1967%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2400%	25 +2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	22
Far Cry 5	0−1	21

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1400%

30
+1400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	71 +0%	71 +0%
Battlefield 5	119 +0%	119 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	366 +0%	366 +0%
Metro Exodus	130 +0%	130 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	56 +0%	56 +0%
Battlefield 5	105 +0%	105 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	280 +0%	280 +0%
Metro Exodus	112 +0%	112 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 +0%	48 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	88 +0%	88 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 +0%	38 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	42 +0%	42 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	246 +0%	246 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	32 +0%	32 +0%
Hitman 3	28 +0%	28 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	86 +0%	86 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +0%	39 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20 +0%	20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	15 +0%	15 +0%

This is how FX 3500M and RTX 2060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is 5000% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 6200% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 Mobile is 3800% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 Mobile is 10900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2060 Mobile is ahead in 35 tests (58%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (42%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.79	30.44
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 3753.2% 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.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.