GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated214
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.71
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU117BGN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 April 2020 (4 years ago)6 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores10242560
Core clock speed1380 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed1515 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate96.96no data
Floating-point processing power3.103 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no data

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 x16no data

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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_2
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.140-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 April 2020 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt

GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile Refresh
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

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