RTX A40 vs GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 268 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 69 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 28.17 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | TU116 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 April 2020 (4 years ago) | 5 October 2020 (4 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 | 1024 | 10752 |
| Core clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1305 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1485 MHz | 1755 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,600 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 95.04 | 589.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.041 TFLOPS | 37.74 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 112 |
| TMUs | 64 | 336 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 336 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 84 |
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 | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-pin EPS |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1812 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 695.8 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 | No outputs | 3x DisplayPort |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 April 2020 | 5 October 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 300 Watt |
GTX 1650 Ti Mobile has 500% lower power consumption.
RTX A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile and RTX A40. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile is a notebook card while RTX A40 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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