NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 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, 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 Ti 8 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

Around 18% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4352
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 220 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Pipelines	5120 vs 4352
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

Around 70% higher core clock speed: 2190 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 311.0 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 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1069 vs 647
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22911 vs 19038
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 130149 vs 113038

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2190 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	311.0 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1069 vs 647
PassMark - G3D Mark	22911 vs 19038
Geekbench - OpenCL	130149 vs 113038

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

647

1069

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19038

22911

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

113038

130149

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	647	1069
PassMark - G3D Mark	19038	22911
Geekbench - OpenCL	113038	130149
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		13509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		182.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1757.675
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD106
Place in performance rating	67	70
Launch date		2023
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2430 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	2190 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	5120	4352
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	155.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	311.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		330.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		21.15 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		21.15 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