Component comparison

GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce RTX 4090

GeForce GTX 1650 vs GeForce RTX 4090 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce GTX 1650
  • + Die size (mm²) (+409 mm²)
B GeForce RTX 4090
  • + Release year (+3)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+12 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+750 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+906 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+256 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+70 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-8 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+71,600M)
  • + CUDA cores (+15360)
  • + TMUs (+448)
  • + ROPs (+144)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+80.28 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+390.22 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+1196.76 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+15.4)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+19931)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+17763)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+36878)
  • + Normalized score (+21.7)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce GTX 1650
 Component B
GeForce RTX 4090
Release year 2020 2023 (+3)
VRAM (GB) 4 GB 16 GB (+12 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 2250 MHz (+750 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 128 GB/s 1034 GB/s (+906 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 384 bit (+256 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 50 W 120 W (+70 W)
Lithography (nm) 12 nm 4 nm (-8 nm)
Transistors (M) 4,700M 76,300M (+71,600M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+409 mm²) 609 mm²
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 1,024 16,384 (+15360)
TMUs 64 512 (+448)
ROPs 32 176 (+144)
RT cores — 128
Tensor cores — 512
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 2.30 TFLOPS 82.58 TFLOPS (+80.28 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 53.28 GPixel/s 443.50 GPixel/s (+390.22 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 93.24 GTexel/s 1290.00 GTexel/s (+1196.76 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 26.4 41.9 (+15.4)
PassMark (overall) 7,116 27,047 (+19931)
3DMark Time Spy 3,488 21,251 (+17763)
3DMark Fire Strike 9,313 46,191 (+36878)
Geekbench OpenCL 39,153 —
Geekbench Vulkan 36,248 —
Normalized score 53.3 75.0 (+21.7)

Only in component B

DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

In both

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce GTX 1650 GeForce RTX 4090 Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 26 FPS 87 FPS 234.6% (B)
Alan Wake 2 19 FPS 109 FPS 473.7% (B)
Armored Core 6 42 FPS 109 FPS 159.5% (B)
Assassin's Creed Mirage 28 FPS 195 FPS 596.4% (B)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 21 FPS 144 FPS 585.7% (B)
Atlas Fallen 47 FPS 182 FPS 287.2% (B)
Atomic Heart 30 FPS 144 FPS 380% (B)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 13 FPS 114 FPS 776.9% (B)
Back 4 Blood 82 FPS 309 FPS 276.8% (B)
Baldur's Gate 3 33 FPS 123 FPS 272.7% (B)
Battlefield 5 60 FPS 170 FPS 183.3% (B)
Borderlands 3 36 FPS 162 FPS 350% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 37 FPS 155 FPS 318.9% (B)
Company of Heroes 3 45 FPS 235 FPS 422.2% (B)
Control 32 FPS 184 FPS 475% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 131 FPS 300 FPS 129% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 80 FPS 219 FPS 173.8% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 52 FPS 147 FPS 182.7% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 32 FPS 98 FPS 206.3% (B)
Dead Island 2 50 FPS 190 FPS 280% (B)
Dead Space Remake 22 FPS 130 FPS 490.9% (B)
Death Stranding 57 FPS 167 FPS 193% (B)
Diablo 4 72 FPS 361 FPS 401.4% (B)
Dota 2 96 FPS 199 FPS 107.3% (B)
Dying Light 2 24 FPS 145 FPS 504.2% (B)
EA Sports WRC 26 FPS 117 FPS 350% (B)
Elden Ring 51 FPS 60 FPS 17.6% (B)
Elex 2 37 FPS 116 FPS 213.5% (B)
Enshrouded 15 FPS 94 FPS 526.7% (B)
Escape from Tarkov 80 FPS 120 FPS 50% (B)
F1 2020 69 FPS 344 FPS 398.6% (B)
F1 2021 77 FPS 276 FPS 258.4% (B)
F1 22 74 FPS 199 FPS 168.9% (B)
F1 23 66 FPS 152 FPS 130.3% (B)
Far Cry 5 60 FPS 173 FPS 188.3% (B)
Far Cry 6 47 FPS 103 FPS 119.1% (B)
Far Cry New Dawn 44 FPS 145 FPS 229.5% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 32 FPS 122 FPS 281.3% (B)
Fortnite 90 FPS 300 FPS 233.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 82 FPS 250 FPS 204.9% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 73 FPS 281 FPS 284.9% (B)
GRID Legends 76 FPS 190 FPS 150% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 68 FPS 154 FPS 126.5% (B)
Ghostwire Tokyo 53 FPS 234 FPS 341.5% (B)
God of War 30 FPS 167 FPS 456.7% (B)
Guardians of the Galaxy 46 FPS 158 FPS 243.5% (B)
High On Life 49 FPS 211 FPS 330.6% (B)
Hogwarts Legacy 29 FPS 45 FPS 55.2% (B)
Horizon Zero Dawn 41 FPS 174 FPS 324.4% (B)
Hunt Showdown 46 FPS 262 FPS 469.6% (B)
Immortals of Aveum 26 FPS 108 FPS 315.4% (B)
Lies of P 47 FPS 208 FPS 342.6% (B)
Lords of the Fallen 18 FPS 87 FPS 383.3% (B)
Mafia Definitive Edition 43 FPS 179 FPS 316.3% (B)
Metro Exodus 33 FPS 156 FPS 372.7% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Palworld 34 FPS 139 FPS 308.8% (B)
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 211 FPS 356 FPS 68.7% (B)
Rainbow Six Extraction 69 FPS 346 FPS 401.4% (B)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 15 FPS 135 FPS 800% (B)
Ready or Not 64 FPS 158 FPS 146.9% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 46 FPS 218 FPS 373.9% (B)
Returnal 33 FPS 159 FPS 381.8% (B)
Riders Republic 46 FPS 185 FPS 302.2% (B)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 59 FPS 243 FPS 311.9% (B)
Sons of the Forest 32 FPS 88 FPS 175% (B)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 34 FPS 118 FPS 247.1% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 22 FPS 106 FPS 381.8% (B)
Starfield 18 FPS 84 FPS 366.7% (B)
The Callisto Protocol 53 FPS 116 FPS 118.9% (B)
The Crew Motorfest 33 FPS 60 FPS 81.8% (B)
The Finals 60 FPS 175 FPS 191.7% (B)
The Last of Us 19 FPS 103 FPS 442.1% (B)
The Quarry 34 FPS 177 FPS 420.6% (B)
The Witcher 3 62 FPS 394 FPS 535.5% (B)
The Witcher 3 45 FPS 290 FPS 544.4% (B)
The Witcher 3 v4 20 FPS 138 FPS 590% (B)
Total War Pharaoh 53 FPS 220 FPS 315.1% (B)
Valorant 164 FPS 350 FPS 113.4% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 39 FPS 131 FPS 235.9% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 45 FPS 78 FPS 73.3% (B)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 38 FPS 167 FPS 339.5% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4090 wins 19 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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