GeForce GTX 1650 vs 9800M GTX SLI

Place in the ranking	763	265
Place by popularity	not in top-100	3
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	40.31
Power efficiency	1.50	19.98
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	NB9E-GTX	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	224	896
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1485 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1665 MHz
Number of transistors	3016 Million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	93.24
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.984 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	56

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	128.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9800M GTX SLI 3.07

GTX 1650 20.42
+565%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9800M GTX SLI 8193

GTX 1650 44694
+446%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	10−12 −600%	70 +600%
1440p	5−6 −660%	38 +660%
4K	3−4 −667%	23 +667%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−433%

30−35
+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −489%	53 +489%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −4600%	47 +4600%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −1480%	79 +1480%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −643%	52 +643%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −433%	30−35 +433%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −967%	64 +967%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −900%	80 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1247%	229 +1247%
Hitman 3	8−9 −513%	49 +513%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1170%	292 +1170%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −2425%	101 +2425%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −863%	77 +863%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −785%	115 +785%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −474%	224 +474%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −822%	83 +822%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3400%	35 +3400%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −1340%	72 +1340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −557%	46 +557%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −433%	30−35 +433%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −767%	52 +767%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −600%	56 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −1082%	201 +1082%
Hitman 3	8−9 −488%	47 +488%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −1030%	260 +1030%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1675%	71 +1675%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −588%	55 +588%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −469%	74 +469%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −229%	45−50 +229%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −428%	206 +428%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −178%	25 +178%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	13 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −14.3%	8 +14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −433%	30−35 +433%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −550%	39 +550%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −282%	65 +282%
Hitman 3	8−9 −413%	41 +413%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −161%	60 +161%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −377%	62 +377%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −200%	42 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +85.7%	21 −85.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−575%

54
+575%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −740%	42 +740%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −620%	36 +620%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −500%	18 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1050%	21−24 +1050%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −700%	24 +700%
Hitman 3	8−9 −238%	27 +238%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −438%	43 +438%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 −663%	145 +663%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−483%

35
+483%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1900%	20 +1900%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −750%	17 +750%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −550%	13 +550%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −400%	5 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −700%	8 +700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−325%

17
+325%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	13 +0%	13 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	122 +0%	122 +0%
Metro Exodus	41 +0%	41 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45 +0%	45 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	13 +0%	13 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	41 +0%	41 +0%
Metro Exodus	27 +0%	27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 +0%	26 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	26 +0%	26 +0%

This is how 9800M GTX SLI and GTX 1650 compete in popular games:

GTX 1650 is 600% faster in 1080p
GTX 1650 is 660% faster in 1440p
GTX 1650 is 667% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 9800M GTX SLI is 86% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1650 is 4600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

9800M GTX SLI is ahead in 1 test (1%)
GTX 1650 is ahead in 61 test (85%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.07	20.42
Recency	15 July 2008	23 April 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt

GTX 1650 has a 565.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1650 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTX SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1650 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.