Radeon 550X 640SP vs GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 204 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 56 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 18.31 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | TU116 | Lexa |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 22 November 2019 (4 years ago) | 11 April 2018 (6 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 | 1280 | 640 |
| Core clock speed | 1530 MHz | 1019 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1725 MHz | 1071 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,600 million | 2,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 138.0 | 42.84 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.416 TFLOPS | 1.371 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | 40 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 12000 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 48 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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 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.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 November 2019 | 11 April 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
GTX 1650 SUPER has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
550X 640SP, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER and Radeon 550X 640SP. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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