NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

Around 33% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3840
2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 115284 vs 101650

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	5120 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	115284 vs 101650

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Around 94% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 693

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081 vs 693
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722 vs 19649

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

693

1081

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19649

19722

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

115284

101650

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
PassMark - G2D Mark	693	1081
PassMark - G3D Mark	19649	19722
Geekbench - OpenCL	115284	101650
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6622.553

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD106
Place in performance rating	65	75
Launch date		2023
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2640 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	5120	3840
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	316.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		20.28 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
Recommended system power (PSU)		550 Watt
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	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6