RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Arc 8-Cores iGPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc 8-Cores iGPU and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Arc 8-Cores iGPU
2023
17.53

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms Arc 8-Cores iGPU by a whopping 182% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking30863
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)21 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 cores85120
Boost clock speed2300 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)

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 sizeno datalarge

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data16000 MHz
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 Ultimate

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 HD40
−175%
110−120
+175%
1440p16
−181%
45−50
+181%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
−167%
80−85
+167%
Battlefield 5 55−60
−171%
160−170
+171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−170%
100−105
+170%
Far Cry 5 37
−170%
100−105
+170%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−165%
130−140
+165%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−163%
300−310
+163%
Hitman 3 35−40
−171%
95−100
+171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 33
−173%
90−95
+173%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
−165%
130−140
+165%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
−171%
160−170
+171%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−176%
240−250
+176%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
−167%
80−85
+167%
Battlefield 5 55−60
−171%
160−170
+171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−170%
100−105
+170%
Far Cry 5 35
−171%
95−100
+171%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−165%
130−140
+165%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−163%
300−310
+163%
Hitman 3 35−40
−171%
95−100
+171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27
−178%
75−80
+178%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−174%
170−180
+174%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
−165%
130−140
+165%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
−171%
160−170
+171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
−179%
120−130
+179%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−176%
240−250
+176%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−33
−167%
80−85
+167%
Battlefield 5 55−60
−171%
160−170
+171%
Far Cry 5 33
−173%
90−95
+173%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−165%
130−140
+165%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
−163%
300−310
+163%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 23
−161%
60−65
+161%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−176%
240−250
+176%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Hitman 3 21−24
−162%
55−60
+162%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−170%
100−105
+170%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−173%
90−95
+173%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−33
−167%
80−85
+167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
−178%
100−105
+178%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−178%
50−55
+178%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−181%
45−50
+181%
Battlefield 5 35−40
−171%
95−100
+171%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−162%
55−60
+162%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−168%
75−80
+168%
Forza Horizon 4 95−100
−173%
270−280
+173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
−175%
300−310
+175%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%
Hitman 3 14−16
−150%
35−40
+150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
−180%
260−270
+180%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−163%
50−55
+163%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−181%
45−50
+181%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−175%
55−60
+175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−178%
50−55
+178%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−167%
24−27
+167%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−178%
50−55
+178%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−150%
35−40
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−180%
70−75
+180%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%

This is how Arc 8-Cores iGPU and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is 175% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is 181% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.53 49.50
Recency 14 December 2023 21 March 2023

Arc 8-Cores iGPU has an age advantage of 8 months.

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 182.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Arc 8-Cores iGPU in performance tests.


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