RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile vs Playstation 3 RSX 90nm

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated35
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.57
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameRSX-CXD2953no data
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date11 November 2006 (18 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 coresno data7424
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Number of transistors300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate12.00no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 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.

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate
OpenGLES 1.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2006 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt

Playstation 3 RSX 90nm has 87.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Playstation 3 RSX 90nm and RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Playstation 3 RSX 90nm is a notebook graphics card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Playstation 3 RSX 90nm
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NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile
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