AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon RX 7600

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1720 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 2655 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 339.8 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 980 vs 693

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1720 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	2655 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	339.8 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	980 vs 693

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 65% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19649 vs 16604
Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 115284 vs 82527

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	5120 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 6 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 165 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19649 vs 16604
Geekbench - OpenCL	115284 vs 82527

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

980

693

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16604

19649

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

82527

115284

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
PassMark - G2D Mark	980	693
PassMark - G3D Mark	16604	19649
Geekbench - OpenCL	82527	115284
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2310
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	378.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6023.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	24.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	188.299
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1139.62

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7600	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 33	AD104
Launch date	24 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP)	$269
Place in performance rating	101	65
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2655 MHz	1665 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1720 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	2048	5120
Pixel fill rate	169.9 GPixel/s	106.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	339.8 GTexel/s	266.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 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	8 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