RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Quadro T500 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	482	62
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	TU117	no data
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 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 cores	896	5120
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	94.92	no data
Floating-point performance	3.037 gflops	no 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 size	medium sized	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	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	GDDR5, GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	10000 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2	-
CUDA	7.5	-

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	36 −456%	200−210 +456%
1440p	15 −433%	80−85 +433%
4K	17 −459%	95−100 +459%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−436%

75−80
+436%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Far Cry 5	30 −433%	160−170 +433%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −400%	300−310 +400%
Hitman 3	16−18 −459%	95−100 +459%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −460%	280−290 +460%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −433%	160−170 +433%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −400%	300−310 +400%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −456%	100−105 +456%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Far Cry 5	28 −436%	150−160 +436%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −400%	300−310 +400%
Hitman 3	16−18 −459%	95−100 +459%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −460%	280−290 +460%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −436%	150−160 +436%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 −433%	160−170 +433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	28 −436%	150−160 +436%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −400%	300−310 +400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −445%	120−130 +445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −438%	70−75 +438%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −456%	150−160 +456%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Far Cry 5	27 −456%	150−160 +456%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −400%	300−310 +400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 −426%	100−105 +426%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65 −400%	300−310 +400%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%
Hitman 3	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −426%	100−105 +426%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −442%	65−70 +442%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −450%	55−60 +450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −459%	95−100 +459%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −450%	55−60 +450%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −436%	75−80 +436%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −453%	210−220 +453%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −426%	300−310 +426%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Hitman 3	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −456%	200−210 +456%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −456%	50−55 +456%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −445%	60−65 +445%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%

This is how T500 Mobile and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is 456% faster in 1080p
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is 433% faster in 1440p
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is 459% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.76	49.51
Recency	27 May 2019	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	115 Watt

T500 Mobile has 360% lower power consumption.

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 465.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro T500 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro T500 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while RTX 3500 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.