Radeon RX 6800S vs GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated101
Place by popularity88not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.65
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU117Navi 23
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2020 (4 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

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 cores8962048
Core clock speed1410 MHz1800 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate89.04268.8
Floating-point processing power2.849 TFLOPS8.602 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs56128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s256.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1401.3
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2020 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt

GTX 1650 GDDR6 has 33.3% lower power consumption.

RX 6800S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 and Radeon RX 6800S. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6800S is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6
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