GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER vs GeForce GTX 970

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Nov 2019
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    124%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

24% higher gaming performance.
48 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 970 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

The GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPERGeForce GTX 970
GPU NameTU116 ()vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size284 mm²vs398 mm²
Transistors6,600 millionvs5,200 million
Shaders1280vs1664
Compute Units20vs13
Core clock1530 MHzvs1050 MHz
ROPs32vs56
TMUs80vs104

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPERGeForce GTX 970
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPERGeForce GTX 970
TDP100 wattsvs148 watts
Release Date22 Nov 2019vs19 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    55.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    58.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    138.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    109.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    224.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    4416.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 970
    3494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    57
  • GeForce GTX 970
    65

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    66
  • GeForce GTX 970
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    79
  • GeForce GTX 970
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    49
  • GeForce GTX 970
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    42
  • GeForce GTX 970
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    57
  • GeForce GTX 970
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Death Stranding

Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    27
  • GeForce GTX 970
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    18
  • GeForce GTX 970
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    32
  • GeForce GTX 970
    25

FPS (higher is better)