The GTX 1660 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Turing set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 1650 SUPER is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 160. NVIDIA ’s xx50 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Turing graphics card inside the GTX 1650 SUPER, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Spec for spec, this GTX 1650 SUPER leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 1050, by boasting 119.8 % more fps. The GTX 1650 SUPER has 4 GB RAM compared to the GTX 1050 's 3 GB video memory.
In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 1650 SUPER blows past the GTX 1050, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and, amazingly, even the GTX 1060 6GB as well. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 580, the GTX 1650 SUPER was 2.5 % faster.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1650 SUPER 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 Hitman 3, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gears of War 5, Watch Dogs: Legion, Monster Hunter: World at 61 fps to 64 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 62 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Resident Evil 2, Forza Horizon 4, Battlefield V, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Strange Brigade at 62 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 65 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 92 fps to 92 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 92 fps.
The RTX 3060 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Ampere set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the RTX 3050 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 200. The good news is, with the release of the RTX 3050 Ti, the RTX 3050 's price is getting more discount.
NVIDIA ’s xx50 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Ampere graphics card inside the RTX 3050, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RTX 3050 is much more expensive than the GTX 1650 as it costs a whopping $ 200. Compare this to the GTX 1650, which came originally at a price of $ 149. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the RX 5500 XT 4GB which costs $ 169.
Spec for spec, this RTX 3050 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 1650, by boasting 63 % more fps. In our synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 3050 blows past the GTX 1650 and, amazingly, even the GTX 1660 as well.
Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 5500 XT 4GB, the RTX 3050 was 40.1 % faster. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RTX 3050 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 1650 and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Baldur's Gate 3, Armored Core VI, F1 22, Borderlands 3, Anthem at 60 fps to 63 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play World War Z, GreedFall, Hitman 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Spider-Man Remastered at 63 fps to 68 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 65 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Overwatch 2, Valorant at 64 fps to 138 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 101 fps.
| GTX 1650 SUPER | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 9 inches 229 mm | 242 mm 9.5 inches |
| Outputs | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 100 W | 90 W |
| GTX 1650 SUPER | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1725 MHz | 1740 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1530 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz 12000 MHz effective | 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective |
| GTX 1650 SUPER | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 16 | GeForce 30 |
| Launch Price | 160 USD | 200 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Nov 22nd, 2019 | 2021 |
| GTX 1650 SUPER | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.124 | 1.2.140 |
| GTX 1650 SUPER | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Turing | Ampere |
| Die Size | 284 mm² | unknown |
| GPU Name | TU116 | GA107 |
| GPU Variant | TU116-250-KA-A1 | GA107-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistors | 6,600 million | unknown |
| GTX 1650 SUPER | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 192.1 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 4096 MB | 4096 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| GTX 1650 SUPER | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 32 | 40 |
| SM Count | 20 | 18 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 2304 |
| TMUs | 80 | 72 |
| GTX 1650 SUPER | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 8,832 GFLOPS (2:1) | 8.018 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4,416 GFLOPS | 8.018 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 138.1 GFLOPS (1:32) | 125.3 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Pixel Rate | 55.20 GPixel/s | 69.60 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 138.0 GTexel/s | 125.3 GTexel/s |
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