NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 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.

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 266.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19782 vs 17070

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19782 vs 17070

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 968 vs 661

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	968 vs 661

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

661

968

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19782

17070

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
PassMark - G2D Mark	661	968
PassMark - G3D Mark	19782	17070
Geekbench - OpenCL	116082
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8977

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA104
Place in performance rating	58	51
Launch date		1 Sep 2021
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	5120	3584
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Length		242 mm (9.5 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	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6