GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 vs Radeon 550X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking717not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.97no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameLexaTU117
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 March 2019 (5 years ago)1 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$149

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 cores512896
Core clock speed1082 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1218 MHz1590 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate38.9889.04
Floating-point processing power1.247 TFLOPS2.849 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3256

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.140
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 March 2019 1 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt

Radeon 550X has 50% lower power consumption.

GTX 1650 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 550X and GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon 550X
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