NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Launch date	23 April 2019 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 5500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

4.6x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 896
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 4 GB

Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 896
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	384
PassMark - G3D Mark	6969
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU117	New Zealand
Launch date	23 April 2019	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	308	311
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	2x 2048
Floating-point performance		2x 3,789 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		500 Watt
Transistor count		4,313 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		2x 264.0 GB / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort