NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1060 | NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | July 2016 | April 2019 |
| Performance | ||
| Chip maker | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Pascal | Turing |
| Shader cores | 1,280 or 1,152 | 896 |
| Boost clock | 1,708 MHz or – | 1,665 MHz or 1,590 MHz |
| Architecture | Main 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 Later 9 Gbps GDDR5 and GDDR5X cards were partner designs; unpublished general revision figures remain blank in their configurations.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 process | 16 nm FinFET (original GP106) | – |
| Ray tracing | No dedicated RT Cores | No hardware RT Cores |
| AI cores | No Tensor Cores | No Tensor Cores |
| Upscaling and frame generation | No NVIDIA DLSS | No NVIDIA DLSS support |
| Base clock | 1506 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 |
| Cache | 1536 KB L2 cache (original GP106) | – |
| Memory | ||
| Video memory | 6 GB GDDR5, 3 GB GDDR5 or 6 GB GDDR5X | 4 GB GDDR5 or 4 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 192-bit (better) | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 192 GB/s or – | 128 GB/s or – |
| Memory detail | Original 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 power | 120 W or – | 75 W |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Display outputs | Original Founders Edition has 3 × DisplayPort 1.3/1.4, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI; partner outputs vary | PNY'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 resolution | 7680 × 4320 (PNY stock 3 GB specification) | 7680 × 4320 on PNY's specifications |
| Power connector | 1 × 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-pin | NVIDIA'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 supply | 400 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 width | 2-slot original Founders Edition; partner cards vary | PNY'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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