GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh vs Radeon R9 M395X

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	353	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 3 (2014−2016)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Amethyst XT	TU117B
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	16 October 2014 (9 years old)	15 April 2020 (4 years old)

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	2048	1024
Core clock speed	723 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1515 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	92.54	96.96
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M395X and GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.140
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	7.5

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	16 October 2014	15 April 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	50 Watt

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