GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile vs GTX 1650

We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile with 16 pipelines and 1024 shaders against the 1 year older GTX 1650 that utilizes 14 pipelines and 896 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1650 over GTX 1650 Laptop
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
  • Has 50% higher memory bandwidth: 192 vs 128.1 GB/s

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
53
29
23
14
57
32
24
15
The Witcher 3
40
33
21
9
43
33
21
10
Counter-Strike 2
69
48
33
13
75
54
34
14
Far Cry 6
41
39
26
15
45
41
26
13
Hogwarts Legacy
25
17
13
-
25
21
17
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
35
27
17
13
37
31
20
14
Ghost of Tsushima
22
15
12
-
25
15
14
-
Cyberpunk 2077
24
20
12
-
28
22
13
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
45
42
24
13
45
43
29
13
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 39 42
1080p Ultra 30 32
1440p Ultra 20 22
4K Ultra 11 11
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GTX 1650 +5%
3420
Time Spy 3442 3562
Solar Bay - 12275
Port Royal 6905 -
Fire Strike 9316 9702
Wild Life Extreme 6925 7353
Night Raid 40580 46224
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
40588
39481
Background Blur 74.4 img/sec 66.4 img/sec
Face Detection 42 img/sec 43.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.47 Gpixels/sec 1.51 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 1.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.81 Gpixels/sec 1.87 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.52 Gpixels/sec 0.49 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 187 Gpixels/sec 187.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 5347.1 FPS 5261.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1650 +13%
7868
G2D Mark 384 551
DirectX 11 50 FPS 58 FPS
DirectX 12 27 FPS 35 FPS
GPU Compute 2750 Ops/s 3031 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]1754 & 37746 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1650 +18%
439.29
Sources: Blender [9], [10]74 & 911 samples

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GTX 1650 +8%
7569
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1650 +4%
5940
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1650 +4%
5581
Image Classification (SP) 2866 3208
Image Segmentation (HP) 3745 4254
Image Super Resolution (Q) 6865 7050
Face Detection (HP) 6519 6849
Pose Estimation (Q) 24706 23562
Text Classification (SP) 1793 1755
Machine Translation (HP) 1906 3096
Object Detection (SP) 3498 3710
Depth Estimation (Q) 13936 12946
Style Transfer (SP) 50917 48894
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile and GTX 1650

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 15, 2020 April 23, 2019
Launch price (MSRP) - $149
Case Laptop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Turing Turing
GPU Codename TU117 TU117
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5500M -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 10300H or above - Intel Core i5 9400 or above
Laptop GPU ranking (#113th place)
Desktop GPU rating (#87th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1380 MHz 1485 MHz
Boost Clock 1560 MHz 1665 MHz
Shading Units 1024 896
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64 56
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 16 14
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster 64KB per cluster
L2 Cache 1024KB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 50 GPixel/s 53 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 100 GTexel/s 93 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
3.2 TFLOPS
3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 50 W 75 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 12 nm 12 nm
Die Size 200 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 4.7 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 23.5 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory Clock 1500 MHz 2001 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 12000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
192 GB/s
128.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 3.0
CUDA 7.5 7.5
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4a

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StevenS July 31, 2026 at 01:19 AM
crazy that a mobile version of this graphics card can go head-to-head with its desktop counterpart
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