Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1650
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 30 Apr 2019
DESKTOP
VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Aug 2016
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 1650100%
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB118%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1650
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
- 18% higher gaming performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 1650 | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|
| GPU Name | TU107 () | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 12 nm | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | 4,400 million |
| Shaders | 896 | 1152 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 9 |
| Core clock | 1485 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 56 | 72 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 1650 | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1650 | GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 30 Apr 2019 | 18 Aug 2016 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 165053.28 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB72.30 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 165093.24 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB108.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 1650128.00 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB192.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 16502984.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB3470.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
- GeForce GTX 165044
- GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB52
FPS (higher is better)