AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1485 MHz
Around 69% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1665 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 564
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9583 vs 7881
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48727 vs 39165

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 30 April 2019
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1485 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 564
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583 vs 7881
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727 vs 39165

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

3.6x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 30% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 305 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	305 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

564

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9583

7881

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48727

39165

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

305

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	564
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583	7881
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727	39165
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	235	305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		134.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1316.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		94.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		573.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10959
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10959
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 24	TU107
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	30 April 2019
Place in performance rating	216	376
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1665 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1485 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6