NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1560 MHz
2.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 896
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 384
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 6968

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 23 April 2019
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 896
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 384
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 6968

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

4.6x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

384

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

6968

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	384
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	6968
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3438

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA107	TU117
Launch date	2022	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	88	277
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	896
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
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	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5