AMD Radeon RX 570 vs GeForce GTX 1650

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 570 with 2048 shaders against the 2 years newer GeForce 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

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
4 GB GDDR5
21.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
12.2
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1650 over RX 570
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 570
  • 70% higher maximum theoretical performance (5.1 vs 3 TFLOPS)
  • Has 75% higher memory bandwidth: 224 vs 128.1 GB/s
  • Has 2.3x more shading units (2048 vs 896)
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1650
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology

Gaming Performance

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

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
67
34
28
15
57
32
24
15
The Witcher 3
42
37
19
12
43
33
21
10
Counter-Strike 2
64
45
29
13
75
54
34
14
Far Cry 6
49
41
30
15
45
41
26
13
Hogwarts Legacy
29
23
15
-
25
21
17
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
42
35
25
13
37
31
20
14
Ghost of Tsushima
29
19
13
9
25
15
14
-
Cyberpunk 2077
28
24
14
-
28
22
13
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
50
45
26
13
45
43
29
13
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 44 42
1080p Ultra 34 32
1440p Ultra 22 22
4K Ultra 12 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
RX 570 +8%
3701
3420
Time Spy 3855 3562
Solar Bay - 12275
Fire Strike 13443 9702
Wild Life Extreme 7938 7353
Night Raid 50382 46224
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
37147
GTX 1650 +6%
39481
Background Blur 55.7 img/sec 66.4 img/sec
Face Detection 31.3 img/sec 43.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.41 Gpixels/sec 1.51 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 2.82 Gpixels/sec 1.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.57 Gpixels/sec 1.87 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.31 Gpixels/sec 0.49 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 143.2 Gpixels/sec 187.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 5080.1 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
RX 570 +1%
7909
7868
G2D Mark 725 551
DirectX 11 55 FPS 58 FPS
DirectX 12 39 FPS 35 FPS
GPU Compute 2869 Ops/s 3031 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 24077 & 37746 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
329.21
GTX 1650 +33%
438.56
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 22 & 919 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
6885
GTX 1650 +10%
7569
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 570 +25%
7446
5940
GB6 ML Quantized
4931
GTX 1650 +13%
5581
Image Classification (SP) 2676 3208
Image Segmentation (HP) 3757 4254
Image Super Resolution (Q) 6179 7050
Face Detection (HP) 10752 6849
Pose Estimation (Q) 35488 23562
Text Classification (SP) 1051 1755
Machine Translation (HP) 1933 3096
Object Detection (SP) 3048 3710
Depth Estimation (Q) 12040 12946
Style Transfer (SP) 71201 48894
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 570 and GeForce GTX 1650

General

Vendor Amd Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 18, 2017 April 23, 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $169 $149
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Turing
GPU Codename Polaris 20 TU117
Rival Equivalent - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 8500 or above - Intel Core i5 9400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (85th and 88th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1168 MHz 1485 MHz
Boost Clock 1244 MHz 1665 MHz
Shading Units 2048 896
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 128 56
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) - 14
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 16KB per cluster 64KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40 GPixel/s 53 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 159 GTexel/s 93 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 570 +70%
5.1 TFLOPS
3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 75 W
Manufacturing GlobalFoundries TSMC
Fabrication Process 14 nm 12 nm
Die Size 232 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 5 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 21.55 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2001 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 7000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 570 +75%
224 GB/s
128.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
CUDA - 7.5
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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