GeForce GTX 1650 TU106 vs Radeon R7 450 OEM

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	30 June 2016 (7 years old)	18 June 2020 (3 years old)
Current price	$180	no data

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	512	896
Core clock speed	925 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1590 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	90 Watt
Texture fill rate	29.60	89.04
Floating-point performance	947.2 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4.5 GB/s	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	72 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 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	+

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1 (1.2)	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.170	1.2
CUDA	no data	7.5

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	30 June 2016	18 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	90 Watt

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