GeForce GTX 1650 TU116 vs Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking146not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency30.42no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU104TU116
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)7 July 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 cores3072896
Core clock speed600 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHz1590 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate259.289.04
Floating-point processing power8.294 TFLOPS2.849 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs19256
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s192.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.57.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 7 July 2020
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB

RTX 5000 Max-Q has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1650 TU116, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q and GeForce GTX 1650 TU116. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 1650 TU116 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
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