NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA RTX A4000 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

  • Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19649 vs 19545
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1665 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19649 vs 19545

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000

  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 299.5 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 5120
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1026 vs 693
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 121768 vs 115284
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 299.5 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 5120
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1026 vs 693
Geekbench - OpenCL 121768 vs 115284

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A4000

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
693
1026
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19649
19545
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
115284
121768
Name NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation NVIDIA RTX A4000
PassMark - G2D Mark 693 1026
PassMark - G3D Mark 19649 19545
Geekbench - OpenCL 115284 121768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4156.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2604

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation NVIDIA RTX A4000

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD104 GA104
Place in performance rating 65 108
Launch date 12 Apr 2021

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1560 MHz
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 5120 6144
Pixel fill rate 106.6 GPixel/s 149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 266.4 GTexel/s 299.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 35800 million 17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 599.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 19.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 19.17 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 432.0 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6