Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
71
43
32
21
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
63
50
31
18
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
105
72
48
19
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
57
49
35
19
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
34
27
22
11
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
41
36
25
18
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
31
21
20
10
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
34
32
19
n/a
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
54
35
17
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High55100
1080p Ultra4380
1440p Ultra3058
4K Ultra1632
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
4388
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy46938748
Solar Bayn/a40964
Port Royaln/a5142
Fire Strike1225822308
Night Raid5993898831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
57455
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur106.6 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection58.3 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.98 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.67 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.79 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching248.2 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7783.2 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
10176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark750961
DirectX 1173 fps128 fps
DirectX 1244 fps69 fps
GPU Compute4516 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
54.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)305.2 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase280 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)260.1 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex1232.9 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 21419.9 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.6 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1564.42965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 23, 2019 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU116 GA106
Price 159 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1530 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1725 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 1280 3584
TMUs 80 112
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 20 28
Ray Tracing Cores No 28
Tensor Cores No 112
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 55 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 138 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 100 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 284 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 6 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 21.13 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2001 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
192 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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