NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A10G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA A10G 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.

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA A10G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 694 vs 578
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19688 vs 17660

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	694 vs 578
PassMark - G3D Mark	19688 vs 17660

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 492.5 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 5120
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163295 vs 115455

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	492.5 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9216 vs 5120
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	163295 vs 115455

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10G

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

694

578

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19688

17660

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

115455

163295

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A10G
PassMark - G2D Mark	694	578
PassMark - G3D Mark	19688	17660
Geekbench - OpenCL	115455	163295

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A10G
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Place in performance rating	59	60
Launch date		12 Apr 2021
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	5120	9216
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	492.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		985.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		31.52 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		31.52 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6