GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs GeForce GTX 1650

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
GeForce GTX 1650
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Apr 2019
GeForce GTX 1650

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

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 1650

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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)

GeForce GTX 1650

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1650

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBGeForce GTX 1650
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-140-A1)vsTU107 ()
Fab Process8 nmvs12 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs0 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvsunknown
Shaders2304vs896
Compute Units18vs14
Core clock1545 MHzvs1485 MHz
ROPs40vs32
TMUs72vs56

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBGeForce GTX 1650
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBGeForce GTX 1650
TDP90 wattsvs0 watts
Release Date27 Jan 2022vs30 Apr 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    69.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    53.28 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    125.30 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    93.24 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    128.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    8018.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    2984.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better