GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 vs Radeon R7 370

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	379	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.38	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Trinidad (Pitcairn)	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	5 May 2015 (9 years ago)	1 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$149
Current price	$378 (2.5x MSRP)	$200 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1024	896
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	1590 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	62.40	89.04
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops	no data

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	152 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	no data
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	+	no data

Supported 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
VCE	+	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.140
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 May 2015	1 April 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	75 Watt

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