RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation vs Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA10BAD104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release dateFebruary 2023 (1 year ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 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 cores17925120
Core clock speed930 MHz1110 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1545 MHz
Number of transistorsno data35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate52.08247.2
Floating-point processing power3.333 TFLOPS15.82 TFLOPS
ROPs2464
TMUs56160
Tensor Cores56160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeLPDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth204.8 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 100 Watt

Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 150% lower power consumption.

RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB is a notebook graphics card while RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB
Jetson AGX Orin 32 GB
NVIDIA RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation
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