GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce GTX 970

GeForce GTX 1650
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Apr 2019
GeForce GTX 1650
GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    106%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1650

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
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970

6% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 970

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970

The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (11 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1650GeForce GTX 970
GPU NameTU107 ()vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
Fab Process12 nmvs28 nm
Die Size0 mm²vs398 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs5,200 million
Shaders896vs1664
Compute Units14vs13
Core clock1485 MHzvs1050 MHz
ROPs32vs56
TMUs56vs104

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1650GeForce GTX 970
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1650GeForce GTX 970
TDP0 wattsvs148 watts
Release Date30 Apr 2019vs19 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    53.28 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    58.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    93.24 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    109.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    128.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    224.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    2984.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 970
    3494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Destiny 2

Highest quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    62
  • GeForce GTX 970
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    77
  • GeForce GTX 970
    79

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    56
  • GeForce GTX 970
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    42
  • GeForce GTX 970
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    54
  • GeForce GTX 970
    66

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    51
  • GeForce GTX 970
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    49
  • GeForce GTX 970
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Middle-Earth Shadow of War

Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    38
  • GeForce GTX 970
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    27
  • GeForce GTX 970
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Strange Brigade

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    39
  • GeForce GTX 970
    45

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 1650
    35
  • GeForce GTX 970
    42

FPS (higher is better)