RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 62 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 29.60 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | AD103 | no data |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 21 March 2023 (1 year 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 cores | 9728 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 1425 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2115 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 45,900 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 643.0 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 41.15 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 112 | no data |
| TMUs | 304 | no data |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 76 | 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 | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 16000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 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 | Portable Device Dependent | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 115 Watt |
RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has 4.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation and RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Generation 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.
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