GeForce GTX 1650 vs GTX 950 LP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated269
Place by popularitynot in top-1003
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data38.84
Power efficiencyno data18.67
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM206TU117
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 March 2016 (8 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 $149

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 cores768896
Core clock speed1024 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1188 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate57.0293.24
Floating-point processing powerno data2.984 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs4856

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 3.0 x16
Length202 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed6612 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth105.8 GB/s128.0 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, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.012 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA5.27.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2016 23 April 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

GTX 1650 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950 LP and GeForce GTX 1650. We've got no test results to judge.


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