NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 vs GTX 1060 Max-Q – Turing vs Pascal showdown
Another day, another Turing vs Pascal showdown. Today we’re looking at the new GeForce GTX 1650 and how it fares against GTX 1060 Max-Q. Yesterday we showed you the battle between the former and the GTX 1060 – beefed up version of the GTX 1060 Max-Q. Actually, today’s contender is not a bunch different from the GTX 1060 – it uses the same chip, but keeps the voltage down, while regulating the frequencies to ensure a more cool and quiet work for a laptop.
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Specs overview
Let’s start by saying that the GeForce GTX 1650 is rated at 50W, while the GTX 1060 Max-Q uses a little bit more – 60-70W depending on the system. In addition to the higher TDP, the GTX 1060 Max-Q embodies a higher CUDA count – 1280 to 1024 for the GTX 1650. However, the chip is working at a lower frequency (they vary depending on the power supplied) – 1063-1265 MHz Base frequency and 1341-1480 MHz in Boost. While the GTX 1650 “ticks” at 1395 MHz Base and 1560 MHz Boost frequencies. Additionally, the older Pascal design is built around a 16nm manufacturing process, as for the GTX 1650 is built upon a 12nm one.
Memory-wise the GTX 1060 Max-Q is unchanged from its more powerful brother (the GTX 1060) – it has 6GB of GDDR5 memory, 192-bit bus and works at 2002 MHz, resulting in 192.2 GB/s. The GTX 1650, on the other side, settles with 4GB of GDDR5 memory, 128-bit bus, works at relatively the same speed – 2001 MHz, while the bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s.
Benchmarks
In the benchmarks, we see a slight raw performance advantage of the GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q over the newer graphics card.
Los resultados proceden de la prueba 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) (cuanto mayor sea la puntuación, mejor)
Los resultados proceden de la prueba 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) (cuanto mayor sea la puntuación, mejor)
Los resultados proceden de la prueba comparativa Unigine Superposition (cuanto mayor sea la puntuación, mejor)
Gaming tests
When we turn to games, though the difference becomes negligible with the framerate being lower from 1 to 5 fps per setting, per game.
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) | Full HD, Normal (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 173 fps | 94 fps | 50 fps |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 143 fps | 101 fps | 57 fps |
Far Cry 5 | Full HD, Normal (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 65 fps | 60 fps | 56 fps |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 63 fps | 60 fps | 56 fps |
Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 120 fps | 80 fps | 39 fps |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 119 fps | 85 fps | 44 fps |
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 60 fps | 55 fps | 48 fps |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | 60 fps | 56 fps | 49 fps |
Conclusion
Despite the seemingly vast advantage of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q we see from the benchmarks, we find the gaming tests to be more representable of the real difference between these GPUs. That said, the GTX 1650 lacks behind with a couple of frames per second in some games, however, the fact that it uses around 17-29% less energy (depending on the configuration of the competitor), hence producing less heat, makes the Turing representative a better choice.
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB GDDR5)
All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q (6GB GDDR5)