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GeForce GTX 1650 vs GTX 1060

GeForce GTX 1650
VS
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
TU117
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
GP106

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB with 14 pipelines and 896 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (1)

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 GDDR5
VS
6 GB GDDR5
12.2
(Bad)
Value Index
9.9
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1060 over GTX 1650
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1650
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060
  • Performs better (up to 19%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 47% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.4 vs 3 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 23% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 27 vs 22 FPS
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 50% higher memory bandwidth: 192.2 vs 128.1 GB/s
  • Has 43% more shading units (1280 vs 896)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
GTX 1650
vs
GTX 1060

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
57
32
24
15
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
43
33
21
10
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
75
54
34
14
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
45
41
26
13
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
25
21
17
-
32
22
18
9
CoD: Modern Warfare III
37
31
20
14
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
25
15
14
-
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
28
22
13
-
30
26
19
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
45
43
29
13
57
49
34
18
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 42 50
1080p Ultra 32 37
1440p Ultra 22 27
4K Ultra 11 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
GTX 1650
3420
GTX 1060 +19%
4085
Time Spy 3562 4203
Solar Bay 12275 11278
Port Royal - 844
Fire Strike 9702 13132
Wild Life Extreme 7353 8510
Night Raid 46224 54686
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
GTX 1650 +1%
39481
GTX 1060
39230
Background Blur 66.4 img/sec 100.2 img/sec
Face Detection 43.3 img/sec 48.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.51 Gpixels/sec 1.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.68 Gpixels/sec 2.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 1.87 Gpixels/sec 2.58 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.49 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 187.9 Gpixels/sec 136.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 5261.5 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
GTX 1650
n/a
GTX 1060
2586

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1650
7868
GTX 1060 +27%
10026
G2D Mark 551 737
DirectX 11 58 FPS 72 FPS
DirectX 12 35 FPS 37 FPS
GPU Compute 3031 Ops/s 4246 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 37746 & 48280 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1650 +17%
438.56
GTX 1060
375.66
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 919 & 943 samples
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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 +15%
7569
GTX 1060
6580
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1650
5940
GTX 1060 +12%
6649
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1650 +16%
5581
GTX 1060
4804
Image Classification (SP) 3208 1462
Image Segmentation (HP) 4254 3872
Image Super Resolution (Q) 7050 8136
Face Detection (HP) 6849 6356
Pose Estimation (Q) 23562 33181
Text Classification (SP) 1755 1806
Machine Translation (HP) 3096 3149
Object Detection (SP) 3710 2096
Depth Estimation (Q) 12946 10515
Style Transfer (SP) 48894 67831
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1650 and GTX 1060

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 23, 2019 July 19, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $149 $299
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
GPU Codename TU117 GP106
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 9400 or above - Intel Core i7 7700 or above
Desktop GPU rating (88th and 84th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1485 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 1665 MHz 1709 MHz
Shading Units 896 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 56 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 14 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 53 GPixel/s 82 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 93 GTexel/s 137 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1650
3 TFLOPS
GTX 1060 +47%
4.4 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 75 W 120 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 12 nm 16 nm
Die Size 200 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 4 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 20 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Size 4 GB 6 GB
Memory Clock 2001 MHz 2002 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 8000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1650
128.1 GB/s
GTX 1060 +50%
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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abdelali March 8, 2025 at 03:48 PM
Technical is better than this website, because GTX 1060 is better than 1650, and the general comparison is not accurate.
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