NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

178
Place in performance rating
223
56.48
Value for money (0-100)
60.47
Turing
Architecture
Maxwell
TU117
Code name
GM206
Desktop
Type
Desktop
23 April 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
$149
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$586 (3.9x MSRP)
Price now
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
22.33
Value for money
10.46
TU117
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

896
Pipelines
1024
1485 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
1665 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
4,700 million
Transistor count
2,940 million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
93.24
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
1024
896
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1665 MHz
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
4,700 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
229 mm
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
128.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 259.1 95.8 62.2 39.4 26 14.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 163 90.2 77.2 69.5 40.3 20.8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

8.7% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (128.0 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Cheaper ($444 (2.2x MSRP) vs $586 (3.9x MSRP))

More pipelines (1024 vs 896)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960