RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated62
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.63
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameM18no data
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date1 July 2004 (20 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 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 cores125120
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed350 MHzno data
Number of transistors160 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate2.800no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no data

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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceAGP 8xno 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)12 Ultimate
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2004 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 18 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon 9800 and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon 9800 is a notebook graphics card while RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
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