RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation vs RTX A2000 Embedded

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA107SAD104
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date30 March 2022 (2 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 cores25605120
Core clock speed607 MHz1725 MHz
Boost clock speed1177 MHz2250 MHz
Number of transistorsno data35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate94.16360.0
Floating-point processing power6.026 TFLOPS23.04 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs80160
Tensor Cores80160
Ray Tracing Cores2040

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 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 DependentNo outputs

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


Recency 30 March 2022 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 100 Watt

RTX A2000 Embedded has 185.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A2000 Embedded and RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A2000 Embedded is a mobile workstation card while RTX 3500 Embedded Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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