GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 vs Radeon HD 7950

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	368	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.34	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Tahiti	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	31 January 2012 (12 years old)	18 June 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	no data
Current price	$431 (1x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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	1792	896
Compute units	28	no data
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz	1590 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	90 Watt
Texture fill rate	89.60	89.04
Floating-point performance	2,867 gflops	no data

Size and 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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

Memory

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	240 GB/s	192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	no data
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	31 January 2012	18 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	90 Watt

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