NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 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).

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 266.4 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Around 11% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4608
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 115284 vs 109087

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 4608
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19649 vs 19586
Geekbench - OpenCL	115284 vs 109087

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1665 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 759 vs 693

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	759 vs 693

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

693

759

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19649

19586

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

115284

109087

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	693	759
PassMark - G3D Mark	19649	19586
Geekbench - OpenCL	115284	109087
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		319.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		36.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		218.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1585.54

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD106
Place in performance rating	65	80
Launch date		2023
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1695 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	5120	4608
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	81.36 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	244.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		244.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		15.62 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		15.62 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	256.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6