RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation vs Radeon 780M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 354 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 43 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 84.06 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Phoenix | AD104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 31 January 2024 (1 year ago) | 21 March 2023 (2 years 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 cores | 768 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2900 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 25,390 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 139.2 | 360.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.909 TFLOPS | 23.04 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 48 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 12 | 40 |
| L0 Cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L1 Cache | 256 KB | 5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 48 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 432.0 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 Connectors | Motherboard Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 January 2024 | 21 March 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 100 Watt |
Radeon 780M has an age advantage of 10 months, a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 780M and RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 780M is a desktop graphics card while RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation is a workstation one.
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