Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 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
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
41
35
22
11
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
74
54
35
13
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
44
42
28
14
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
24
20
14
n/a
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
37
31
18
12
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
24
18
13
n/a
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
26
22
13
n/a
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
47
42
27
14
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High4193
1080p Ultra3374
1440p Ultra2153
4K Ultra1129
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
3419
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy35658211
Solar Bay1231235563
Port Royaln/a4627
Fire Strike968421866
Night Raid4601684235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
39481
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur66.4 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.51 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.68 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.87 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.49 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching187.9 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5261.5 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
7880
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark565630
DirectX 1158 fps130 fps
DirectX 1235 fps61 fps
GPU Compute3058 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
47.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)251.1 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase240.5 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)200.6 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex931.9 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 21021.5 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2270.6 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1151.22946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 23, 2019 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU117 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Price 149 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1485 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 896 2560
TMUs 56 80
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 14 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 53 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 93 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 3 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 75 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2001 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
128.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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