GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh vs Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	261	not rated
Place by popularity	43	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.76	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	TU117B
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	15 October 2018 (5 years ago)	15 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$110	no data

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	2048	1024
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz	1515 MHz
Number of transistors	5,700 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	164.4	96.96

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 580 2048SP and GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

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	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	192.0 GB/s

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.140
CUDA	no data	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 October 2018	15 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	50 Watt

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