GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 vs Radeon RX 9060
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 71 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 28.03 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 (2025) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Navi 44 | TU117 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 August 2025 (recently) | 1 April 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $149 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1792 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 1700 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2990 MHz | 1590 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 29,700 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 132 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 334.9 | 89.04 |
| Floating-point processing power | 21.43 TFLOPS | 2.849 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | 56 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 28 | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2518 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 322.3 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.140 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 August 2025 | 1 April 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 132 Watt | 75 Watt |
RX 9060 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 200% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 1650 GDDR6, on the other hand, has 76% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 9060 and GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.
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