RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs RTX A2000

Place in the ranking	139	62
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	85.77	no data
Power efficiency	35.42	29.80
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA106	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	10 August 2021 (3 years ago)	21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	3328	5120
Core clock speed	562 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	12,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	124.8	no data
Floating-point processing power	7.987 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	104	no data
Tensor Cores	104	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	26	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
Length	167 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	6 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 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

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

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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	8.6	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX A2000 35.55

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile 49.14
+38.2%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX A2000 13715

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile 18957
+38.2%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX A2000 19978

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile 41630
+108%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX A2000 14934

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile 29248
+95.8%

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	96 −35.4%	130−140 +35.4%
1440p	44 −36.4%	60−65 +36.4%
4K	31 −29%	40−45 +29%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.68	no data
1440p	10.20	no data
4K	14.48	no data

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	35.55	49.14
Recency	10 August 2021	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	115 Watt

RTX A2000 has 64.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 38.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX A2000 in performance tests.

Be aware that RTX A2000 is a 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.