GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
RTX 3500 Mobile Ada Generation
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GA104
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2021
March 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
-
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
5120
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
100 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
247.2
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
15 GB/s
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
432.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Portable Device Dependent
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3