NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

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GeForce GTX 1060 compared with GeForce GTX 1650
NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1060NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1650
Overview
ReleasedJuly 2016April 2019
Performance
Chip makerNVIDIANVIDIA
ArchitecturePascalTuring
Shader cores1,280 or 1,152896
Boost clock1,708 MHz or –1,665 MHz or 1,590 MHz
ArchitectureMain figures and photo describe the original 6 GB Founders Edition. The 3 GB card has 1152 CUDA cores rather than 1280. Later 9 Gbps GDDR5 and GDDR5X cards were partner designs; unpublished general revision figures remain blank in their configurations.NVIDIA GPU specification baseline; the photo shows PNY's original stock-clock GDDR5 Single Fan board. The first-sale date is for the original GDDR5 model; a maker first-sale date for GDDR6 was not established.
Manufacturing process16 nm FinFET (original GP106)–
Ray tracingNo dedicated RT CoresNo hardware RT Cores
AI coresNo Tensor CoresNo Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generationNo NVIDIA DLSSNo NVIDIA DLSS support
Base clock1506 MHz base and 1708 MHz boost for the original 6 GB and stock-clock 3 GB cards. MSI GAMING X+ 6G (9 Gbps GDDR5) has 1708 MHz boost in Silent Mode, 1784 MHz Gaming Mode and 1809 MHz OC Mode. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC specifies 1544 MHz base and 1759 MHz boost; these factory OC figures are not assigned to every GDDR5X card.Original GDDR5 is 1,485 MHz; GDDR6 is 1,410 MHz
Cache1536 KB L2 cache (original GP106)–
Memory
Video memory6 GB GDDR5, 3 GB GDDR5 or 6 GB GDDR5X4 GB GDDR5 or 4 GB GDDR6
Memory bus192-bit (better)128-bit
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s or –128 GB/s or –
Memory detailOriginal 6 GB and 3 GB cards have 8 Gbps GDDR5, 192-bit bus and 192 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA confirms the later 9 Gbps GDDR5 refresh; MSI GAMING X+ lists 9026 MHz Gaming/Silent and 9126 MHz OC memory speed. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC verifies 6 GB GDDR5X, 192-bit bus and 8008 MHz memory speed, but publishes no bandwidth figure. Later revisions' first-sale dates are unverified.PNY publishes 8 Gbps and 128 GB/sec for GDDR5; its GDDR6 PDF gives 12 Gbps but labels its bandwidth figure as Gbps, so numeric GDDR6 bandwidth is omitted.
Connections and power
Board power120 W or –75 W
InterfacePCIe 3.0PCIe 3.0
Display outputsOriginal Founders Edition has 3 × DisplayPort 1.3/1.4, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI; partner outputs varyPNY's pictured GDDR5 Single Fan specification lists DisplayPort 1.4 and DVI-D. Its GDDR6 Dual Fan PDF conflicts internally, listing HDMI 2.0b in the features and HDMI 2.1 in the table; check the selected board.
Maximum resolution7680 × 4320 (PNY stock 3 GB specification)7680 × 4320 on PNY's specifications
Power connector1 × PCIe 6-pin on the original Founders Edition and stock PNY 3 GB; MSI GAMING X+ uses 1 × 8-pin, and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC uses 1 × 8-pin plus 1 × 6-pinNVIDIA's current comparison table lists one 6-pin for both revisions; PNY's pictured stock GDDR5 card explicitly needs no auxiliary connector, while its GDDR6 Dual Fan needs one 6-pin.
Recommended power supply400 W (PNY stock 3 GB, MSI GAMING X+ and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC)NVIDIA specifies 300 W; requirements depend on the system and partner card
Slot width2-slot original Founders Edition; partner cards varyPNY's pictured GDDR5 Single Fan and GDDR6 Dual Fan are dual-slot designs
Size (reference card)–No retail Founders Edition; pictured PNY GDDR5 Single Fan is 1.61 × 6.22 × 4.92 inches. PNY GDDR6 Dual Fan is 188.3 × 115.1 × 39.3 mm.
Video encode and decode–NVIDIA identifies the original encoder as Volta; GDDR6 cards can have Volta or Turing encoders depending on whether the GPU is TU117 or TU106/TU116. PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16 for both pictured/reference partner designs.

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