NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1485 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 1142.9x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39125 vs 28470
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 134.765 vs 105.107
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1316.075 vs 1225.96
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.915 vs 35.714
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 573.418 vs 489.884
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3340
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 April 2019 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed 1485 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed 1665 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 39125 vs 28470
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 134.765 vs 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1316.075 vs 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.799 vs 8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.915 vs 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 573.418 vs 489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9633 vs 7877
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 569
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 10959
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 10959
  • Around 2% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3631 vs 3577
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9633 vs 7877
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11499 vs 10959
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11499 vs 10959
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3631 vs 3577

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7877
9633
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
569
766
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39125
28470
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
134.765
105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1316.075
1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.799
8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.915
35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
573.418
489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10959
11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10959
11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3577
3631
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark 7877 9633
PassMark - G2D Mark 569 766
Geekbench - OpenCL 39125 28470
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 134.765 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1316.075 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.799 8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.915 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 573.418 489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10959 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10959 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3577 3631

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Essentials

Architecture Turing Maxwell 2.0
Code name TU107 GM204
Launch date 30 April 2019 19 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $179 $329
Place in performance rating 363 360
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $407.76
Value for money (0-100) 28.59

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 1485 MHz 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
CUDA cores 1664
Floating-point performance 3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 1664
Texture fill rate 109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 148 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
SLI options 4x

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround