AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT and NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 2755 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 352.6 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 956 vs 643
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1980 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed 2755 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate 352.6 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 956 vs 643

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

  • 2.5x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 6 nm
  • Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18967 vs 17151
  • Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 113847 vs 83805
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 5120 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 6 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 18967 vs 17151
Geekbench - OpenCL 113847 vs 83805

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
956
643
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17151
18967
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
83805
113847
Name AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
PassMark - G2D Mark 956 643
PassMark - G3D Mark 17151 18967
Geekbench - OpenCL 83805 113847
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11297

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ada Lovelace
Code name Navi 33 AD104
Launch date 8 Jan 2024
Place in performance rating 68 67

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2755 MHz 1665 MHz
Compute units 32
Core clock speed 1980 MHz 1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 5 nm
Pipelines 2048 5120
Pixel fill rate 176.3 GPixel/s 106.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 352.6 GTexel/s 266.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 13300 million 35800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 Portable Device Dependent

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 204 mm, 8 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin None
Width 115 mm, 4.5 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.2 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 432.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6