NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

114
Place in performance rating
178
56.16
Value for money (0-100)
56.48
Maxwell
Architecture
Turing
GM204
Code name
TU117
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
23 April 2019 (2 years ago)
$549
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$503 (0.9x MSRP)
Price now
$586 (3.9x MSRP)
25.30
Value for money
22.33
GM204
GPU code name
TU117
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
896
no data
Core clock speed
1485 MHz
1216 MHz
Boost Clock
1665 MHz
5,200 million
Transistor count
4,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
165 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
144 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
93.24
4,981 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
2048
CUDA cores
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
1216 MHz
Boost clock speed
1665 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
4,700 million
165 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
229 mm
2x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 can be seen in this section.

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

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 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 980 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 259.1 95.8 62.2 39.4 26 14.4
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 163 90.2 77.2 69.5 40.3 20.8
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 980

14.38% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($503 (0.9x MSRP) vs $586 (3.9x MSRP))

More pipelines (2048 vs 896)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 128.0 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 165 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650