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GeForce RTX 3050 vs GTX 1650

GeForce RTX 3050
VS
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
GA106
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
TU117

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB with 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 2 years and 10 months older GTX 1650 4 GB that utilizes 14 pipelines and 896 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

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
8 GB GDDR6
VS
4 GB GDDR5
47.6
(Average)
Value Index
12.2
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1650 over RTX 3050
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050
  • Performs significantly better (up to 86%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 3x higher maximum theoretical performance (9.1 vs 3 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 91% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 42 vs 22 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 8 nm process technology
  • Ray-tracing support with 20 dedicated RT cores

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 3050
vs
GTX 1650

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
92
53
43
26
57
32
24
15
The Witcher 3
90
70
49
24
43
33
21
10
Counter-Strike 2
139
101
72
31
75
54
34
14
Far Cry 6
76
66
49
25
45
41
26
13
Hogwarts Legacy
49
38
30
13
25
21
17
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
59
49
35
22
37
31
20
14
Ghost of Tsushima
46
35
28
15
25
15
14
-
Cyberpunk 2077
48
45
26
11
28
22
13
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
80
73
49
25
45
43
29
13
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 75 42
1080p Ultra 59 32
1440p Ultra 42 22
4K Ultra 21 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
RTX 3050 +86%
6348
GTX 1650
3420
Time Spy 6235 3562
Solar Bay 30191 12275
Port Royal 3546 -
Fire Strike 15967 9702
Wild Life Extreme 12795 7353
Night Raid 74854 46224
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 3050 +70%
67028
GTX 1650
39481
Background Blur 110.4 img/sec 66.4 img/sec
Face Detection 64.4 img/sec 43.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.87 Gpixels/sec 1.51 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.76 Gpixels/sec 1.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.89 Gpixels/sec 1.87 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.81 Gpixels/sec 0.49 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 270.9 Gpixels/sec 187.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 9339.7 FPS 5261.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 3050
4722
GTX 1650
n/a

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 3050 +59%
12471
GTX 1650
7868
G2D Mark 916 551
DirectX 11 90 FPS 58 FPS
DirectX 12 59 FPS 35 FPS
GPU Compute 6415 Ops/s 3031 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 9379 & 37746 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 3050 +233%
1462.18
GTX 1650
438.56
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1092 & 919 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 3050
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitryCinebench 20244722
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitrySteel Nomad Light6237
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GeForce GTX 1650
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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
RTX 3050 +57%
11848
GTX 1650
7569
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 3050 +260%
21368
GTX 1650
5940
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 3050 +42%
7905
GTX 1650
5581
Image Classification (SP) 4958 3208
Image Segmentation (HP) 12747 4254
Image Super Resolution (Q) 9816 7050
Face Detection (HP) 22467 6849
Pose Estimation (Q) 41362 23562
Text Classification (SP) 2563 1755
Machine Translation (HP) 3721 3096
Object Detection (SP) 5929 3710
Depth Estimation (Q) 18361 12946
Style Transfer (SP) 84665 48894
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3050 and GTX 1650

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 27, 2022 April 23, 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $149
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Ampere Turing
GPU Codename GA106 TU117
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 12400 or above - Intel Core i5 9400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (71st and 88th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1552 MHz 1485 MHz
Boost Clock 1777 MHz 1665 MHz
Shading Units 2560 896
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 80 56
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 20 14
Tensor Cores 80 No
Ray-tracing Cores 20 No
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 64KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 57 GPixel/s 53 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 142 GTexel/s 93 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 3050 +203%
9.1 TFLOPS
GTX 1650
3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 130 W 75 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Fabrication Process 8 nm 12 nm
Die Size 276 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 12 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 43.48 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 3050 +75%
224 GB/s
GTX 1650
128.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.6 7.5
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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117 (77%)
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Total votes: 152

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