GeForce RTX 3070 vs 6500

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated39
Place by popularitynot in top-10038
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data59.31
Power efficiencyno data18.25
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV44 A2GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 2005 (19 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data5888
Core clock speed400 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors75 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data220 Watt
Texture fill rate1.600317.4
Floating-point processing powerno data20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs296
TMUs4184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed266 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.512 GB/s448.0 GB/s
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 6500 38
RTX 3070 22367
+58761%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2005 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 8 nm

RTX 3070 has an age advantage of 14 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6500 and GeForce RTX 3070. We've got no test results to judge.


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