NVIDIA updates GTX 1650 with GDDR6 memory

No, this is not a joke. NVIDIA has given a green light to AIBs to launch GDDR6 and Turing based GeForce GTX 1650 graphics cards. The new model is not called the GTX 1650 Ti, although NVIDIA already has one for the mobile market. Instead, the new model with GDDR6 memory will carry the same name (literally) as its GDDR5-based brother. In fact, the only way to distinguish the cards is to look at the packaging for GDDR6 memory information:

Yes, both cards have a different design… but you won’t know this till you open the box.

The GeForce GTX 16 Series is becoming hard to follow, as models carry different memory types and different clock speeds. There also seems to be some confusion around the G6 model memory clock, as Gigabyte advertises 12 Gbps on one site only to show 8 Gbps on the other.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16 Series VideoCardz.com GPU CUDA Cores Boost Clock Memory Clock Memory GTX 1660 Ti TU116-400 1536 1770 MHz 12 Gbps 6GB GDDR6 192-bit GTX 1660 SUPER TU116-300 1408 1785 MHz 14 Gbps 6GB GDDR6 192-bit GTX 1660 TU116-300 1408 1785 MHz 8 Gbps 6GB GDDR5 192-bit GTX 1650 SUPER TU116-250 1280 1725 MHz 12 Gbps 4GB GDDR6 128-bit GTX 1650 GDDR6 TU117-300 896 1590 MHz 12 Gbps 4GB GDDR6 128-bit GTX 1650 TU117-300 896 1665 MHz 8 Gbps 4GB GDDR5 128-bit

The question that remains is what GPU does GTX 1650 G6 really have. Theoretically it should be TU117-300, same as GTX 1650, but we won’t know till someone actually tests it.

Gigabyte GTX 1650 GDDR6 models

The manufacturer unveiled two models: WindForce OC (GV-N1656WF2OC-4GD) and ‘just OC’ (GV-N1656OC-4GD). The latter is pictured right below. This is a single-fan Mini-ITX form factor model with three display connectors which are different from the identically named Gigabyte models featuring GDDR5 memory.

This card is overclocked to 1635 MHz (boost), with memory at 8 Gbps effective.

GIGABYTE GTX 1650 GDDR6 4GB OC Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : TU117-300 Base Clock : 1410 MHz Cores : 896 Boost Clock : 1635 MHz (+2.8%) TMUs : 56 Memory Clock : 12 Gbps ROPs : 32 Memory : 4 GB GDDR6 128b

Meanwhile, the WindForce OC card features a clock speed of 1710 MHz, which is a 120 MHz overclocked from factory settings.

GIGABYTE GTX 1650 GDDR6 4GB WINDFORCE OC Specs provided by VideoCardz.NET Database GPU : TU117-300 Base Clock : 1410 MHz Cores : 896 Boost Clock : 1710 MHz (+7.5%) TMUs : 56 Memory Clock : 12 Gbps ROPs : 32 Memory : 4 GB GDDR6 128b

Source: Cnews.cz