Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
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
54
31
23
14
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
41
35
22
11
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
74
54
35
13
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
44
42
28
14
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
24
20
14
n/a
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
37
31
18
12
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
24
18
13
n/a
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
26
22
13
n/a
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
47
42
27
14
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High4160
1080p Ultra3347
1440p Ultra2132
4K Ultra1116
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
3419
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy35654880
Solar Bay1231221611
Port Royaln/a552
Fire Strike968412529
Night Raid4601653232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
39481
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur66.4 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.51 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.68 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.87 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.49 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching187.9 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5261.5 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
7880
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark565486
DirectX 1158 fps73 fps
DirectX 1235 fps46 fps
GPU Compute3058 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
47.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)251.1 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase240.5 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)200.6 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex931.9 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 21021.5 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2270.6 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1151.21731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 23, 2019 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU117 GA107
Price 149 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1485 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 896 2048
TMUs 56 64
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units 14 16
Ray Tracing Cores No 16
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 53 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 93 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 3 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 75 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2001 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
128.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
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 3050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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