NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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 8 GB

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 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19782 vs 15390

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
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19782 vs 15390

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 661

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 661

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

661

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19782

15390

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	661	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	19782	15390
Geekbench - OpenCL	116127
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		7384

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA106
Place in performance rating	58	59
Launch date		12 Oct 2022
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	12000 million
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
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 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	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	240.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6