GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs RTX 3500 Ada Laptop: graphics card comparison

Performance score

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti · 11 GB GDDR5X, 250 W

21.28

RTX 3500 Ada Laptop · 12 GB GDDR6, 60–140 W

21.99 +3%

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By our estimate, RTX 3500 Ada Laptop beats GeForce GTX 1080 Ti by 3%.

The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.

Real tests

What the test measures

Blender is a popular free 3D graphics program. The test makes the device render three ready-made 3D scenes (light, shadows, reflections) and counts how many render passes it finishes per minute. The higher the number, the faster the device handles heavy work: 3D, video editing, photo processing. On a CPU the test loads all cores at once, so it shows the chip's full power; on a graphics card it shows its compute strength.

GPU rendering (Blender)

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

821

faster than 31% of tested · runs: 63

RTX 3500 Ada Laptop

4730+476 %

faster than 86% of tested · runs: 24

Median of real test runs on users' computers. It does not show FPS in games. Data updated: 31.10.2026.

Overview

	GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	RTX 3500 Ada Laptop
Score (0–100)	21.28	21.99
Ranking position	77	70
Power efficiency (0–100)	40.81	no data
Manufacturer	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Architecture	Pascal	Ada Lovelace

Specifications

	GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	RTX 3500 Ada Laptop
Shader cores	3584	5120
Base clock	1480 MHz	no data
Boost clock	1582 MHz	1755 MHz
FP32 TFLOPS (calculated)	11.34	17.97
Hardware ray tracing	no	yes

Video memory

	GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	RTX 3500 Ada Laptop
VRAM	11 GB	12 GB
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR6
Memory bus	352 bit	192 bit
Memory bandwidth	484 GB/s	no data

Power and connection

	GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	RTX 3500 Ada Laptop
Board power	250 W	60–140 W

Pros and cons

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

no notable advantages

RTX 3500 Ada Laptop

3% higher overall score
more VRAM: 12 GB vs 11 GB
has hardware ray tracing

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