GeForce GTX 1650 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X3

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated268
Place by popularitynot in top-1003
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data38.17
Power efficiencyno data18.73
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameRV670TU117
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data (2024 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.

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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 cores320896
Core clock speed669 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1665 MHz
Number of transistors666 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate10.7093.24
Floating-point processing powerno data2.984 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1656

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length292 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1700 MBps2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/s128.0 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 Connectors4x DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1650 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 358.3% more advanced lithography process, and 93.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3850 X3 and GeForce GTX 1650. We've got no test results to judge.


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