Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Place in the ranking	102	198
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	16.26	53.94
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA106	AD107
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 October 2022 (2 years ago)	26 February 2024 (less than a year 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	3584	2048
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1485 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2025 MHz
Number of transistors	12,000 million	18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	199.0	129.6
Floating-point processing power	12.74 TFLOPS	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	112	64
Tensor Cores	112	64
Ray Tracing Cores	28	16

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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	128.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.92	27.26
Recency	12 October 2022	26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	35 Watt

RTX 3060 8 GB has a 46.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 385.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.