GeForce RTX 3060 vs GTX 1650 SUPER

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER and GeForce RTX 3060, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1650 SUPER
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 100 Watt
26.38

RTX 3060 outperforms GTX 1650 SUPER by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking20883
Place by popularity594
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data70.81
Power efficiency18.0917.88
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU116GA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date22 November 2019 (5 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores12803584
Core clock speed1530 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1725 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate138.0199.0
Floating-point processing power4.416 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs80112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 12-pin

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 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s360.0 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

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.

GTX 1650 SUPER 26.38
RTX 3060 44.34
+68.1%

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.

GTX 1650 SUPER 10166
RTX 3060 17085
+68.1%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1650 SUPER 18225
RTX 3060 28375
+55.7%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1650 SUPER 64463
RTX 3060 79706
+23.6%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1650 SUPER 12206
RTX 3060 21379
+75.2%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1650 SUPER 68199
RTX 3060 120745
+77%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 1650 SUPER 55741
RTX 3060 88251
+58.3%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1650 SUPER 653824
+21.6%
RTX 3060 537787

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 1650 SUPER 53337
RTX 3060 89918
+68.6%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 1650 SUPER 56481
RTX 3060 98715
+74.8%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

GTX 1650 SUPER 113
RTX 3060 175
+54.9%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

GTX 1650 SUPER 58
RTX 3060 67
+14.8%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

GTX 1650 SUPER 8
RTX 3060 9
+4.8%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

GTX 1650 SUPER 55
RTX 3060 75
+35%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

GTX 1650 SUPER 40
RTX 3060 50
+24.6%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

GTX 1650 SUPER 30
RTX 3060 41
+38.6%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

GTX 1650 SUPER 55
RTX 3060 114
+108%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

GTX 1650 SUPER 5
RTX 3060 10
+85.2%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

GTX 1650 SUPER 127
RTX 3060 201
+58.3%

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 HD69
−81.2%
125
+81.2%
1440p35
−123%
78
+123%
4K21
−138%
50
+138%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.63
1440pno data4.22
4Kno data6.58

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 63
−25.4%
79
+25.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
−63.2%
90−95
+63.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
−92.5%
102
+92.5%
Battlefield 5 85−90
−65.1%
140−150
+65.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−64.8%
85−90
+64.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
−56%
78
+56%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−55%
90−95
+55%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−58.8%
100−110
+58.8%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−34.4%
200−210
+34.4%
Hitman 3 62
−93.5%
120
+93.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
−49.2%
170−180
+49.2%
Metro Exodus 69
−97.1%
130−140
+97.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2 84
−17.9%
95−100
+17.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
−84.4%
160−170
+84.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 180
+33.3%
130−140
−33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
−63.2%
90−95
+63.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 26
−227%
85
+227%
Battlefield 5 85−90
−65.1%
140−150
+65.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−64.8%
85−90
+64.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
−87.5%
75
+87.5%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−55%
90−95
+55%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−58.8%
100−110
+58.8%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−34.4%
200−210
+34.4%
Hitman 3 59
−96.6%
116
+96.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
−49.2%
170−180
+49.2%
Metro Exodus 82
−65.9%
130−140
+65.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−45.6%
95−100
+45.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 101
−78.2%
180
+78.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
−62.5%
90−95
+62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 180
+33.3%
130−140
−33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
−63.2%
90−95
+63.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 15
−400%
75
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−64.8%
85−90
+64.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 34
−88.2%
64
+88.2%
Far Cry 5 60−65
−55%
90−95
+55%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−34.4%
200−210
+34.4%
Hitman 3 53
−90.6%
101
+90.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 83
−71.1%
142
+71.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 83
−85.5%
154
+85.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50
−46%
73
+46%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21
−181%
59
+181%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 66
−50%
95−100
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
−74%
85−90
+74%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
−70%
65−70
+70%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
−81.5%
45−50
+81.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 13
−362%
60
+362%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−33
−73.3%
50−55
+73.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 20
−95%
39
+95%
Far Cry 5 30−33
−70%
50−55
+70%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−59.6%
240−250
+59.6%
Hitman 3 34
−100%
68
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60
−76.7%
106
+76.7%
Metro Exodus 55
−61.8%
89
+61.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60
−91.7%
115
+91.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
−103%
65−70
+103%
Watch Dogs: Legion 164
−25%
200−210
+25%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
−72.7%
75−80
+72.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
−73.1%
45−50
+73.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−81%
35−40
+81%
Hitman 3 34
−32.4%
45
+32.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
−45.5%
190−200
+45.5%
Metro Exodus 32
−84.4%
55−60
+84.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 32
−96.9%
63
+96.9%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−93.8%
30−35
+93.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5
−660%
38
+660%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−93.3%
27−30
+93.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3
−500%
18
+500%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−80%
27−30
+80%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−75%
60−65
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30
−123%
67
+123%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8
−238%
27
+238%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
−90.5%
40−45
+90.5%

This is how GTX 1650 SUPER and RTX 3060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 is 81% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 is 123% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 is 138% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 1650 SUPER is 33% faster.
  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 is 660% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1650 SUPER is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • RTX 3060 is ahead in 70 tests (97%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 26.38 44.34
Recency 22 November 2019 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 170 Watt

GTX 1650 SUPER has 70% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060, on the other hand, has a 68.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER in performance tests.


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