NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop) 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.9x more pipelines: 2560 vs 896
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 384
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10704 vs 6968
Around 41% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4851 vs 3438

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 23 April 2019
Pipelines	2560 vs 896
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 384
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704 vs 6968
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851 vs 3438

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1492 MHz
5.3x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

384

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10704

6968

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4851

3438

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	384
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704	6968
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851	3438

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA107	TU117
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	132	277
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	2560	896
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5