NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

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Combined performance score

RX Vega M GL
9.33

GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL by 71% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking435311
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.608.30
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code namePolaris 22N18P-G0 / N18P-G61
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2018 (6 years old)23 April 2019 (4 years old)
Current price$1307 $1185
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1650 Max-Q has 219% better value for money than RX Vega M GL.

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 cores12801024
Core clock speed931 MHz1020 MHz
Boost clock speed1011 MHz1245 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate80.8872.00
Floating-point performance2,588 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega M GL and GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR5, GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width1024 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s112.1 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.140
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 Vega M GL 9.33
GTX 1650 Max-Q 15.93
+70.7%

GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL by 71% 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 Vega M GL 3616
GTX 1650 Max-Q 6174
+70.7%

GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q outperforms Radeon RX Vega M GL by 71% in Passmark.

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 HD35−40
−71.4%
60
+71.4%
1440p18−20
−72.2%
31
+72.2%
4K10−12
−80%
18
+80%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−179%
53
+179%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−57.9%
30
+57.9%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−157%
18
+157%

This is how RX Vega M GL and GTX 1650 Max-Q compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 1650 Max-Q is 71.4% faster than RX Vega M GL

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 1650 Max-Q is 72.2% faster than RX Vega M GL

4K resolution:

  • GTX 1650 Max-Q is 80% faster than RX Vega M GL

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1650 Max-Q is 179% faster than the RX Vega M GL.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1650 Max-Q surpassed RX Vega M GL in all 3 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.33 15.93
Recency 1 February 2018 23 April 2019
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

The GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL in performance tests.


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