RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation vs GeForce2 MX

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
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV11 A2AD104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date28 June 2000 (24 years 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 coresno data5120
Core clock speed175 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1545 MHz
Number of transistors20 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rate0.7247.2

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeSDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth2.656 GB/s432.0 GB/s

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 VGAPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2000 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 180 nm 5 nm

RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation has an age advantage of 22 years, a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce2 MX and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce2 MX is a desktop card while RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
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