GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q vs ATI Radeon X1650 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated334
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data36.89
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameRV560TU117
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 October 2006 (18 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 coresno data1024
Core clock speed525 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1125 MHz
Number of transistors330 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate4.20072.00
Floating-point processing powerno data2.304 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs864

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 datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1751 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s112.1 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.140
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2006 23 April 2019
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 30 Watt

GTX 1650 Max-Q has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 83.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1650 XT and GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1650 XT is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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