AMD ’s xx80 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 4.0 graphics card inside the RX 580, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RX 580 is much more cheaper than the RX 480 as it costs $ 229. Compare this to the RX 480, which came originally at a price of $ 400. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the GTX 1060 6GB which costs $ 254.
Spec for spec, this RX 580 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX 480, by boasting 19.4 % more fps. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 1060 6GB, the RX 580 was 6.6 % faster.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 580 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX 480 and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Final Fantasy XV, Apex Legends, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, F1 2019, Overwatch 2 at 62 fps to 68 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 65 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Fallout 76, World War Z, Battlefield V, Valorant at 64 fps to 107 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 74 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 93 fps to 93 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 93 fps.
The GTX 1660 might be the entry-level flagship of the latest Turing set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most budget PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 1650 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 149. NVIDIA ’s xx50 cards have always been defined by budget prices with performance that knocks on the door of entry-level graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Turing graphics card inside the GTX 1650, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Spec for spec, this GTX 1650 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 1050, by boasting 71.2 % more fps. The GTX 1650 has 4 GB RAM compared to the GTX 1050 's 3 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1650 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 1050, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Fallout 76, Battlefield V, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Resident Evil 2, Strange Brigade at 63 fps to 74 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 69 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 94 fps to 94 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 94 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 82 fps to 82 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 82 fps.
| RX 580 | GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 185 W | 75 W |
| RX 580 | GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1340 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1257 MHz | 1485 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz 8000 MHz effective | 2000 MHz 8000 MHz effective |
| RX 580 | GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | Polaris (RX 500) | GeForce 16 |
| Launch Price | 229 USD | 149 USD |
| Production | Active | Unreleased |
| Release Date | Apr 18th, 2017 | Apr 23rd, 2019 |
| RX 580 | GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6 | 6.3 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.103 |
| RX 580 | GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Turing |
| Die Size | 244 mm² | unknown |
| GPU Name | Polaris 20 | TU117 |
| Process Size | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | unknown |
| RX 580 | GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 128.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 8192 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| RX 580 | GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 896 |
| TMUs | 144 | 56 |
| RX 580 | GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 6,175 GFLOPS (1:1) | 5.967 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 6,175 GFLOPS | 2.984 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 385.9 GFLOPS (1:16) | 93.24 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 42.88 GPixel/s | 53.28 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 193.0 GTexel/s | 93.24 GTexel/s |
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