[FPS Benchmarks] Shadow of the Tomb Raider on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [40W and 50W] – the 50W video card is almost 20% faster on average

The latest Tomb Raider installment is still one of the heaviest games up to date. The game is a CPU-intensive title a modest 4-core isn’t enough for comfortable gameplay on High details. When it comes to graphics power, as always – the bigger the better.

However, the game has a very interesting story and fun gameplay, and when you combine them with beautiful graphics you can understand why this title has such a big success. The Highest details are reserved for high-end NVIDIA RTX GPUs so we’ll test something much more affordable – the GeForce GTX 1650 [40W] and the GeForce GTX 1650 [50W]. 

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Shadow of the Tomb Raider list.

Contents


GeForce GTX 1650 variants

 GeForce GTX 1650 [40W]GeForce GTX 1650 [50W]
ArchitectureTuringTuring
GPU chipTU117TU117
Shader units896 – 1024896 – 1024
ROPs3232
Base Clock (MHz)up to 1395up to 1395
Boost clock (MHz)up to 1560up to 1560
Memory clock (MHz)up to 8000up to 8000
Memory size (MB) 4GBup to 4GB
Memory typeGDDR5 / GDDR6GDDR5
Memory bus width (bit)128128
TGP (Total Graphics Power)40W50W (+25%)
DirectX version12.112.1
Technology12nm14nm
RTX capabilitiesNoNo
Release date01.202004.2019
Detailed specsLinkLink

 

Synthetic benchmarks

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)


Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

 

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)Full HD, Lowest (Check settings)Full HD, Medium (Check settings)Full HD, High (Check settings)Full HD, Highest (Check settings)
GeForce GTX 1650 [40W]93 fps50 fps45 fps29 fps
GeForce GTX 1650 [50W]98 fps (+5%)61 fps (+22%)55 fps (+22%)35 fps (+21%)




Verdict

If you’re not greedy enough for maxed-out visual quality, you can save a lot of money when buying a GTX 1650-based laptop. No matter the GPU variant – 40W or 50W, the performance is definitely there. Medium and High details are the sweet spot here and selecting one of these presets probably should fulfill your needs for good graphics are FPS results. Although, that’s a single-player game and 100+ FPS aren’t that necessary.

Additionally, the 50W version of the GeForce GTX 1650 is undoubtedly the faster video card in this comparison. It delivers (almost) 20% more performance compared to the 40W variant and that’s a respectable result.

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for Shadow of the Tomb Raider list.

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

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [50W]

 

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