RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Radeon HD 2950 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameRV670no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data21 March 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores3205120
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Number of transistors666 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate9.600no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 2950 PRO and RTX 3500 Ada Generation 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length208 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MBps16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/Ano data

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 115 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 2950 PRO and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 2950 PRO is a desktop card while RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is a notebook one.


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