GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated9
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.75
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTU117BAmpere GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 April 2020 (4 years ago)27 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,999
Current priceno data$1251 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores102410752
Core clock speedno data1560 MHz
Boost clock speed1515 MHz1860 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt450 Watt
Texture fill rate96.96625.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount4 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s1,008 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1401.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 April 2020 27 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 450 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh
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