GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q vs 305M

Place in the ranking	1258	334
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.94	37.22
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GT218	TU117
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	1024
Core clock speed	525 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1125 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.200	72.00
Floating-point processing power	0.0368 TFLOPS	2.304 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	55	no data
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	64

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz	1751 MHz
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB/s	112.1 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.140
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 305M 0.39

GTX 1650 Max-Q 16.01
+4005%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 305M 150

GTX 1650 Max-Q 6176
+4017%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −5500%	56 +5500%
1440p	0−1	30
4K	-0−1	17

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−1150%

24−27
+1150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1533%	49 +1533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2000%	42 +2000%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1150%	24−27 +1150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −675%	30−35 +675%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −189%	80−85 +189%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2200%	69 +2200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1900%	40 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1150%	24−27 +1150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −675%	30−35 +675%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −189%	80−85 +189%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −567%	20 +567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1150%	25 +1150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1150%	24−27 +1150%
Hitman 3	4−5 −675%	30−35 +675%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −900%	80−85 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −233%	30 +233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −189%	80−85 +189%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	9−10
Hitman 3	6−7 −217%	18−20 +217%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1550%	30−35 +1550%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1200%

24−27
+1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −700%	8 +700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	8−9

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−550%

13
+550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	63 +0%	63 +0%
Far Cry 5	48 +0%	48 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	59 +0%	59 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	195 +0%	195 +0%
Metro Exodus	71 +0%	71 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	54 +0%	54 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Battlefield 5	55 +0%	55 +0%
Far Cry 5	38 +0%	38 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	41 +0%	41 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	179 +0%	179 +0%
Metro Exodus	58 +0%	58 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45 +0%	45 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry 5	26 +0%	26 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55 +0%	55 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	33 +0%	33 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	26 +0%	26 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	17 +0%	17 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	19 +0%	19 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	124 +0%	124 +0%
Metro Exodus	32 +0%	32 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	11 +0%	11 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 +0%	13 +0%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	22 +0%	22 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18 +0%	18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	9 +0%	9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how GeForce 305M and GTX 1650 Max-Q compete in popular games:

GTX 1650 Max-Q is 5500% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1650 Max-Q is 2200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 1650 Max-Q is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.39	16.01
Recency	10 January 2010	23 April 2019
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	30 Watt

GeForce 305M has 114.3% lower power consumption.

GTX 1650 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 4005.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 305M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.