NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (GDDR5) (Turing) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 128 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (Blackwell 2.0) and has 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 has the TU117-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO is based on the graphics chip GB206-250-A1, which comes from the Blackwell 2.0 architecture.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 GPU MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (GDDR5) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
TU117-300-A1 GPU Chip GB206-250-A1
Turing Architecture Blackwell 2.0
14 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
896 Shader 3840
32 Render Output Units 48
56 Texture Units 120
0 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO is 28.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR7
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
128 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.485 GHz Base Clock 2.280 GHz
1.665 GHz Boost Clock 2.512 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 75 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 155 W.

75 W TDP 155 W
-- TDP (up) --
92 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 3 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
-- DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 x 8 Lanes interface.

130 mm Length 300 mm
111 mm Height 125 mm
-- Width 44 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 797 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q2/2019.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 GAMING TRIO came on the market in Q2/2025 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no G5060-8GT
Q2/2019 Release date Q2/2025
149 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR5
4 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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