GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GTX 1650 TU106

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated296
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Power efficiencyno data28.46
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU106GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 June 2020 (4 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores8962048
Core clock speed1410 MHz1185 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz1477 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate89.0494.53
Floating-point processing power2.849 TFLOPS6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs5664
Tensor Cores112256
Ray Tracing Cores1432

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s112.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2020 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 45 Watt

RTX 2050 Mobile has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 TU106
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