NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

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Combined performance score

RX 5500 XT
23.65
+16.4%

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 16% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking212252
Place by popularity742
Value for money15.4219.08
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameNavi 14 XTXTU117
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 December 2019 (4 years old)23 April 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 $149
Current price$317 (1.9x MSRP)$185 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1650 has 24% better value for money than RX 5500 XT.

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 cores1408896
Core clock speed1607 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate162.493.24

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length180 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 5500 XT 23.65
+16.4%
GTX 1650 20.32

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 16% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 5500 XT 9167
+16.4%
GTX 1650 7875

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 16% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 5500 XT 68429
+53.1%
GTX 1650 44694

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 53% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 5500 XT 19499
+42.9%
GTX 1650 13645

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 43% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 5500 XT 14305
+55.4%
GTX 1650 9203

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 55% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 5500 XT 86609
+71.3%
GTX 1650 50549

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 71% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RX 5500 XT 44830
+13.7%
GTX 1650 39435

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 14% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RX 5500 XT 560812
+50.2%
GTX 1650 373333

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 50% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RX 5500 XT 41860
+15.1%
GTX 1650 36370

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 15% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5500 XT 110
+19.9%
GTX 1650 91

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 20% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5500 XT 122
+169%
GTX 1650 45

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 169% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5500 XT 78
+1122%
GTX 1650 6

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 1122% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5500 XT 105
+141%
GTX 1650 44

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 141% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5500 XT 64
+83%
GTX 1650 35

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 83% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5500 XT 51
+137%
GTX 1650 21

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 137% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5500 XT 78
+52.9%
GTX 1650 51

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 53% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RX 5500 XT 15
+221%
GTX 1650 5

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 221% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RX 5500 XT 128
+20.3%
GTX 1650 106

Radeon RX 5500 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 1650 by 20% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD76
+8.6%
70
−8.6%
1440p42
+10.5%
38
−10.5%
4K24
+4.3%
23
−4.3%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 78
+144%
30−35
−144%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−12.8%
53
+12.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 72
+53.2%
47
−53.2%
Battlefield 5 74
+21.3%
61
−21.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
−22.6%
76
+22.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 61
+90.6%
30−35
−90.6%
Far Cry 5 105
+54.4%
68
−54.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 99
+50%
66
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 78
−15.4%
90
+15.4%
Hitman 3 101
+32.9%
76
−32.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 81
+47.3%
55
−47.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 74
+42.3%
52
−42.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 86
+48.3%
58
−48.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 74
+32.1%
56
−32.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+0%
47
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 58
+65.7%
35
−65.7%
Battlefield 5 71
+34%
53
−34%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+6.9%
58
−6.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 45
+40.6%
30−35
−40.6%
Far Cry 5 96
+54.8%
62
−54.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 92
+48.4%
62
−48.4%
Forza Horizon 4 66
−25.8%
83
+25.8%
Hitman 3 87
+40.3%
62
−40.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 63
+53.7%
41
−53.7%
Metro Exodus 52
+48.6%
35
−48.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 39
+39.3%
28
−39.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 72
+53.2%
47
−53.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95
+28.4%
74
−28.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 64
+33.3%
48
−33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+88%
25
−88%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 49
+277%
13
−277%
Battlefield 5 68
+33.3%
51
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
+25%
30−35
−25%
Far Cry 5 89
+53.4%
58
−53.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 83
+45.6%
57
−45.6%
Forza Horizon 4 56
−16.1%
65
+16.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 58
+38.1%
42
−38.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 36
+71.4%
21
−71.4%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+0%
36
+0%
Hitman 3 54
+45.9%
37
−45.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 42
+61.5%
26
−61.5%
Metro Exodus 31
+55%
20
−55%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24
+41.2%
17
−41.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 44
+51.7%
29
−51.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+44.4%
18
−44.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 37
+185%
13
−185%
Battlefield 5 55
+41%
39
−41%
Cyberpunk 2077 20
+66.7%
12−14
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 60
+53.8%
39
−53.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 60
+46.3%
41
−46.3%
Forza Horizon 4 41
−12.2%
46
+12.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+21.7%
21−24
−21.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 26
+85.7%
14
−85.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−11.1%
20
+11.1%
Hitman 3 30
+57.9%
19
−57.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 11
+37.5%
8
−37.5%
Metro Exodus 19
+58.3%
12
−58.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 15
+36.4%
10−12
−36.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 22
+69.2%
13
−69.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
+19.2%
26
−19.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+15.4%
13
−15.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 19
+280%
5
−280%
Battlefield 5 35
+66.7%
21
−66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 8
+100%
4−5
−100%
Far Cry 5 30
+57.9%
19
−57.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 31
+47.6%
21
−47.6%
Forza Horizon 4 21
−42.9%
30
+42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14
+75%
8
−75%

This is how RX 5500 XT and GTX 1650 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RX 5500 XT is 8.6% faster than GTX 1650

1440p resolution:

  • RX 5500 XT is 10.5% faster than GTX 1650

4K resolution:

  • RX 5500 XT is 4.3% faster than GTX 1650

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 5500 XT is 280% faster than the GTX 1650.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1650 is 42.9% faster than the RX 5500 XT.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 5500 XT is ahead in 58 tests (85%)
  • GTX 1650 is ahead in 8 tests (12%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 23.65 20.32
Recency 12 December 2019 23 April 2019
Cost $169 $149
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 75 Watt

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1650 in performance tests.


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