GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs GTX 1650 TU116

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU116GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 July 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 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 cores8965120
Core clock speed1410 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz1290 MHz
Number of transistors6,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate89.04206.4
Floating-point processing power2.849 TFLOPS13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs56160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
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 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s384.0 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
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2020 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm

RTX 3070 Max-Q has an age advantage of 6 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 TU116 and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 TU116 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 TU116
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