NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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 Ti

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
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 350 Watt
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 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1290 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
2x more pipelines: 10240 vs 5120
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1087 vs 687
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27006 vs 19781
Around 82% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 209081 vs 115184

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10240 vs 5120
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1087 vs 687
PassMark - G3D Mark	27006 vs 19781
Geekbench - OpenCL	209081 vs 115184

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

687

1087

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19781

27006

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

115184

209081

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	687	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	19781	27006
Geekbench - OpenCL	115184	209081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		485.179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		661.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		60.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		129.036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2441.001
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34770
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34770
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Place in performance rating	60	58
Launch date		31 May 2021
Launch price (MSRP)		$1199
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	5120	10240
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	186.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	532.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		532.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		34.10 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)		750 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X