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.
The GTX 1070 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Pascal 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 1060 6GB is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 254. NVIDIA ’s xx60 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 Pascal graphics card inside the GTX 1060 6GB, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 1060 6GB is much more expensive than the GTX 960 as it costs a whopping $ 254. Compare this to the GTX 960, which came originally at a price of $ 199. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the RX 580 which costs $ 229. Spec for spec, this GTX 1060 6GB leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 960, by boasting 76.3 % more fps.
The GTX 1060 6GB has 6 GB RAM compared to the GTX 960 's 2 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 1060 6GB blows past the GTX 960 and, amazingly, even the GTX 970 as well.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 1060 6GB consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 960 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 580, the GTX 1060 6GB was -6.2 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Hitman 2, Apex Legends, F1 2019, Overwatch 2, Spider-Man Remastered at 61 fps to 67 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 105 fps to 105 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 105 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 91 fps to 91 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 91 fps.
| GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 75 W | 120 W |
| GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1665 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1485 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz 8000 MHz effective | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective |
| GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 16 | GeForce 1000 |
| Launch Price | 149 USD | 199 USD |
| Production | Unreleased | Active |
| Release Date | Apr 23rd, 2019 | Mar 8th, 2018 |
| GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 7.5 | 6.1 |
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.103 | 1.1.82 |
| GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Turing | Pascal |
| Die Size | unknown | 314 mm² |
| GPU Name | TU117 | GP104 |
| Process Size | 12 nm | 16 nm |
| Transistors | unknown | 7,200 million |
| GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 6144 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| SM Count | 14 | 10 |
| Shading Units | 896 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 56 | 80 |
| GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 6GB | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 5.967 TFLOPS (2:1) | 68.36 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 2.984 TFLOPS | 4,375 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 93.24 GFLOPS (1:32) | 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 53.28 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 93.24 GTexel/s | 136.7 GTexel/s |
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