NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1710 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Around 70% higher pipelines: 8704 vs 5120
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 687
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25178 vs 19752
Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 115294

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	465.1 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8704 vs 5120
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1048 vs 687
PassMark - G3D Mark	25178 vs 19752
Geekbench - OpenCL	167014 vs 115294

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

687

1048

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19752

25178

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

115294

167014

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G2D Mark	687	1048
PassMark - G3D Mark	19752	25178
Geekbench - OpenCL	115294	167014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4417

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Place in performance rating	60	57
Launch date		1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	5120	8704
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		29.77 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
Length		285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X