United Kingdom
India
Deutschland
France
Canada
España
Australia
България
Italia
中国
日本[Comparison] NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (60W) vs GeForce GTX 1650 Ti – the GTX 1650 Ti puts up a good fight
With the entry-level RTX Ampere GPUs hitting the market, we finally have some new budget GPU hardware that many people will get to appreciate. The budget and mid-range gaming laptop markets are by far the biggest, as most gamers don’t have 2000$+ to shell out for a laptop. That is why the RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti have a lot of hype and fans behind them.
The last time we had a budget gaming GPU from NVIDIA was the GTX 1650 and 1650 Ti, which was way back in 2019. To measure the performance of these new GPUs, we are putting them against their predecessors, with today’s battle being between the RTX 3050 and the GTX 1650 Ti.
Here is our Top Laptop Graphics Ranking, where you can find the best laptop graphics.
You can find more information about both GPUs here: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 60W) / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop)
Specs table
| RTX 3050 (Laptop, 60W) | GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
| Lithography | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Base / Max Frequency | 713MHz / 1545MHz | 1350MHz / 1450MHz |
| Memory Type | GDDR6-1500MHz | GDDR6-12000MHz |
| Memory capacity | 4GB | 4GB |
| Cores | 2048 | 1024 |
| Power Consumption | 60W | 55W |
| Memory bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/sec | 128 GB/sec |
GPU benchmarks
The RTX 3050 was faster in our synthetic benchmarks, with performance leads of 22%, 23%, and 43% in 3DMark Fire Strike, Unigine Heaven 4.0, and Unigine Superposition, respectively.
Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests
| Far Cry 5 | Full HD, Normal (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 60W) | 83 fps (+19%) | 78 fps (+20%) | 72 fps (+18%) |
| GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | 70 fps | 65 fps | 61 fps |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 60W) | 115 fps | 96 fps (+9%) | 53 fps (+20%) |
| GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | 119 fps (+3%) | 88 fps | 44 fps |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 60W) | 82 fps | 70 fps (+15%) | 64 fps (+19%) |
| GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | 95 fps (+16%) | 61 fps | 54 fps |
| Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 60W) | 76 fps (+21%) | 69 fps (+19%) | 59 fps (+13%) |
| GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (Laptop) | 63 fps | 58 fps | 52 fps |
Conclusion
Obviously, the RTX 3050 has better performance in synthetic benchmarks. However, once we enter the real-life gaming tests, we see that the 1650 Ti is plenty powerful, managing to snag Ws in some scenarios, mainly when the games are set to low or medium settings. The RTX 3050 offers a nice upgrade, albeit not on the level of the RTX 3050 Ti, which, in our opinion, is the sweet spot in the RTX Ampere family of GPUs. Still, if you find a good deal on a laptop with the 1650 Ti, and the performance that it offers satisfies you, go ahead and buy it, as it has stood the test of time and will continue to offer reliable performance.
All laptops with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 60W):
![[Video Review] ASUS Vivobook S 14 Flip OLED TN3402 – Offering a lot for its price](https://laptopmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3402-375x250.jpg)
![[Specs and Info] ASUS TUF Gaming A16 (FA617) – Going against the grain](https://laptopmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ASUSTUFGamingA16-375x250.jpg)
![[Video Review] ASUS Vivobook Pro 16X OLED M7600 – A well rounded package with an everlasting battery](https://laptopmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/m7600-375x250.jpg)
