GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition vs 1650 TU106

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	TU106	GT200B
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 June 2020 (4 years ago)	16 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	no data	$140

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	896	240
Core clock speed	no data	633 MHz
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,800 million	1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	219 Watt
Texture fill rate	89.04	50.64
Floating-point performance	no data	622.1 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	896 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	12 GB/s	2268 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	127.0 GB/s

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.5	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	7.5	1.3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2020	16 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	896 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	219 Watt

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