RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 81 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 36.21 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 13 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 21 March 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,489 | 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 | 4096 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 1382 MHz | 1110 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 409.6 | 247.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.11 TFLOPS | 15.82 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 40 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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 | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 945 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 483.8 GB/s | 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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 July 2017 | 21 March 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | 100 Watt |
Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled is a workstation graphics card while RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
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