[FPS Benchmarks] Apex Legends on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [40W and 50W] – even the smaller GPU can go beyond the 60 FPS mark on Max quality

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [FPS Benchmarks] Apex Legends on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [40W and 50W] - even the smaller GPU can go beyond the 60 FPS mark on Max quality

From: Nikolay Palaozov 19 December 2020 / 07:26 1

Apex Legends is a popular battle royal game that is also free-to-play. The title use Valve’s Source engine that is pushed to its limits in this game. For example, CS:GO and Team Fortress are also Source-based games but they are much lighter than Apex Legends.

One of the main reasons is the large map, which is available for exploration as soon as you jump off the plane. On Max settings, the game is a real challenge even for GPUs like the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and RTX 2060 if you want to reach 144 FPS.

So, the GeForce GTX 1650 [40W, 896 CUDA, GDDR6] and the GeForce GTX 1650 [50W, 1024 CUDA, GDDR5] are here and we’ll check their performance for the sake of this article.

GeForce GTX 1650 variants
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Verdict

GeForce GTX 1650 variants

	GeForce GTX 1650 [40W]	GeForce GTX 1650 [50W]
Architecture	Turing	Turing
GPU chip	TU117	TU117
Shader units	896 – 1024	896 – 1024
ROPs	32	32
Base Clock (MHz)	up to 1395	up to 1395
Boost clock (MHz)	up to 1560	up to 1560
Memory clock (MHz)	up to 8000	up to 8000
Memory size (MB)	4GB	up to 4GB
Memory type	GDDR5 / GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory bus width (bit)	128	128
TGP (Total Graphics Power)	40W	50W (+25%)
DirectX version	12.1	12.1
Technology	12nm	14nm
RTX capabilities	No	No
Release date	01.2020	04.2019
Detailed specs	Link	Link

Synthetic benchmarks

Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

Apex Legends	Full HD, Min. (Check settings)	Full HD, Medium (Check settings)	Full HD, MAX (Check settings)
GeForce GTX 1650 [40W]	124 fps	91 fps	64 fps
GeForce GTX 1650 [50W]	149 fps (+20%)	108 fps (+19%)	77 fps (+20%)

Verdict

Nice, the two GPUs are worthy performers here. If you like your FPS to be as high as possible, the 50W variant can do 149 FPS on Low while the 40W GPU shows a nice result as well – 129 FPS. On maxed-out visuals, the frames are reduced almost at half – 64 FPS for the smaller video card and 77 FPS for the 50W GTX 1650.

This means the GeForce GTX 1650 [50W] is not just better but it’s the safer choice as well. With the GeForce GTX 1650 [50W] you can experience fewer FPS dips, while with the 40W variant sometimes the frames drop below 60, which is a bit unpleasant for multiplayer games.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [40W]

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