GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER vs GTX 1060

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB with 20 pipelines and 1280 shaders against the 2 years and 9 months older GTX 1060 6 GB that utilizes 10 pipelines and 1280 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

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
4 GB GDDR6
VS
6 GB GDDR5
22.1
(Mediocre)
Value Index
9.9
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1060 over GTX 1650 SUPER
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
  • Achieves 46% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (57K vs 39K)
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
73
42
33
21
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
60
46
32
16
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
107
71
49
21
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
57
48
37
19
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
33
26
22
11
32
22
18
9
CoD: Modern Warfare III
41
35
24
15
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
32
22
20
-
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
20
-
30
26
19
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
62
55
38
17
57
49
34
18
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 56 50
1080p Ultra 42 37
1440p Ultra 31 27
4K Ultra 15 13
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
4389
4085
Time Spy 4691 4203
Solar Bay - 11278
Port Royal - 844
Fire Strike 12267 13132
Wild Life Extreme 9634 8510
Night Raid 60033 54686
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
57455
39230
Background Blur 106.6 img/sec 100.2 img/sec
Face Detection 58.3 img/sec 48.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.98 Gpixels/sec 1.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 2.67 Gpixels/sec 2.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.79 Gpixels/sec 2.58 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.75 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 248.2 Gpixels/sec 136.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 7783.2 FPS 4220.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
10196
10026
G2D Mark 749 737
DirectX 11 73 FPS 72 FPS
DirectX 12 45 FPS 37 FPS
GPU Compute 4455 Ops/s 4246 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 7469 & 48280 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
546.28
375.66
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 108 & 943 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
8531
6580
GB6 ML Half Precision
7319
6649
GB6 ML Quantized
6132
4804
Image Classification (SP) 3533 1462
Image Segmentation (HP) 5144 3872
Image Super Resolution (Q) 7927 8136
Face Detection (HP) 8860 6356
Pose Estimation (Q) 30433 33181
Text Classification (SP) 1622 1806
Machine Translation (HP) 2754 3149
Object Detection (SP) 4278 2096
Depth Estimation (Q) 15240 10515
Style Transfer (SP) 66527 67831
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER and GTX 1060

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 23, 2019 July 19, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $159 $299
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
GPU Codename TU116 GP106
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5500 XT -
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 9400 or above - Intel Core i7 7700 or above
Desktop GPU rating (81st and 84th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1530 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 1725 MHz 1709 MHz
Shading Units 1280 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 80 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 20 10
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 1024KB shared 1536KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 55 GPixel/s 82 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 138 GTexel/s 137 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
4.4 TFLOPS
4.4 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 100 W 120 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 12 nm 16 nm
Die Size 284 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 6 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 21.13 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Size 4 GB 6 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 2002 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 12000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
192 GB/s
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 7.5 6.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Further details
Notes on GTX 1060:
    - There is also 3GB memory version, which is about 10% slower.

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