NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1650 With GDDR6 Memory Shows Up – Entire Turing Family Being Shifted To G6 Memory In 2020

Feb 13, 2020

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1650 might be getting a silent update by AIBs if the recent listings at EEC are anything to go by. The GeForce GTX 1650 released back in 2019 and its SUPER variant released by the end of 2019. The GTX 1650 SUPER is no doubt a much better card with pricing close to the GTX 1650 itself, making it obsolete but it looks like AIBs are planning to clear away GTX 1650 inventory by offering a memory upgrade.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Might Be Getting A Silent Update To GDDR6 Memory By AIBs

According to the EEC listing which has been spotted by Videocardz, there's a full list of cards that utilize the custom NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 design. The brand in specific is MSI and there are at least 8 custom variants listed which feature the updated design. Following is the list of all the models that have been listed:

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MSI GTX 1650 D6 GAMING X
MSI GTX 1650 D6 GAMING
MSI GTX 1650 D6 VENTUS XS OC
MSI GTX 1650 D6 VENTUS XS
MSI GTX 1650 D6 AERO ITX OC
MSI GTX 1650 D6 AERO ITX
MSI GTX 1650 D6T LP OC
MSI GTX 1650 D6T LP

Now the first impression would be that this is a second and less interesting SUPER variant for the GTX 1650 but that's not the case here. In fact, these GeForce GTX 1650 graphics cards should carry the same GPU specifications which include an NVIDIA Turing TU117 GPU and up to 4 GB of memory. There's a slight possibility that we might get a core bump as the gap between the GTX 1650 and the SUPER variant is quite significant so while the GTX 1650 features 896 cores, the updated GTX 1650 might end up with 896 or 1024 cores which should be pretty interesting.

The real update would be the memory and in the case of the updated variant, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 would feature GDDR6 memory which would replace the GDDR5 memory on the existing G5 variants. Just for comparison, the GDDR5 variants feature 8 Gbps pin speeds for a total bandwidth of 128 GB/s while the GTX 1650 SUPER features 12 Gbps pin speeds for a total bandwidth of 192 GB/s. If AIBs are to use the 12 Gbps dies, then that would deliver a nice boost in performance that might help it close the gap with the Radeon RX 5500 XT 4 GB graphics cards.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX/GTX "Turing" Family:

Graphics Card Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GPU Architecture	Turing GPU (TU117)	Turing GPU (TU116)	Turing GPU (TU116)	Turing GPU (TU116)	Turing GPU (TU106)	Turing GPU (TU106)	Turing GPU (TU104)	Turing GPU (TU102)
Process	12nm FNN	12nm FNN	12nm FNN	12nm FNN	12nm FNN	12nm FNN	12nm FNN	12nm FNN
Die Size	200mm2	284mm2	284mm2	284mm2	445mm2	445mm2	545mm2	754mm2
Transistors	4.7 Billion	6.6 Billion	6.6 Billion	6.6 Billion	10.6 Billion	10.6 Billion	13.6 Billion	18.6 Billion
CUDA Cores	896 Cores	1408 Cores	1408 Cores	1536 Cores	1920 Cores	2304 Cores	2944 Cores	4352 Cores
TMUs/ROPs	56/32	88/48	88/48	96/48	120/48	144/64	192/64	288/96
GigaRays	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5 Giga Rays/s	6 Giga Rays/s	8 Giga Rays/s	10 Giga Rays/s
Cache	1.5 MB L2 Cache	1.5 MB L2 Cache	1.5 MB L2 Cache	1.5 MB L2 Cache	4 MB L2 Cache	4 MB L2 Cache	4 MB L2 Cache	6 MB L2 Cache
Base Clock	1485 MHz	1530 MHz	1530 MHz	1500 MHz	1365 MHz	1410 MHz	1515 MHz	1350 MHz
Boost Clock	1665 MHz	1785 MHz	1785 MHz	1770 MHz	1680 MHz	1620 MHz 1710 MHz OC	1710 MHz 1800 MHz OC	1545 MHz 1635 MHz OC
Compute	3.0 TFLOPs	5.0 TFLOPs	5.0 TFLOPs	5.5 TFLOPs	6.5 TFLOPs	7.5 TFLOPs	10.1 TFLOPs	13.4 TFLOPs
Memory	Up To 4 GB GDDR5	Up To 6 GB GDDR5	Up To 6 GB GDDR6	Up To 6 GB GDDR6	Up To 6 GB GDDR6	Up To 8 GB GDDR6	Up To 8 GB GDDR6	Up To 11 GB GDDR6
Memory Speed	8.00 Gbps	8.00 Gbps	14.00 Gbps	12.00 Gbps	14.00 Gbps	14.00 Gbps	14.00 Gbps	14.00 Gbps
Memory Interface	128-bit	192-bit	192-bit	192-bit	192-bit	256-bit	256-bit	352-bit
Memory Bandwidth	128 GB/s	192 GB/s	336 GB/s	288 GB/s	336 GB/s	448 GB/s	448 GB/s	616 GB/s
Power Connectors	N/A	8 Pin	8 Pin	8 Pin	8 Pin	8 Pin	8+8 Pin	8+8 Pin
TDP	75W	120W	125W	120W	160W	185W (Founders) 175W (Reference)	225W (Founders) 215W (Reference)	260W (Founders) 250W (Reference)
Starting Price	$149 US	$219 US	$229 US	$279 US	$349 US	$499 US	$699 US	$999 US
Price (Founders Edition)	$149 US	$219 US	$229 US	$279 US	$349 US	$599 US	$799 US	$1,199 US
Launch	April 2019	March 2019	October 2019	February 2019	January 2019	October 2018	September 2018	September 2018

In the end, this feels more like NVIDIA's AIBs clearing out their stock of GTX 1650 GPUs rather than a new SKU launch but it would be interesting nevertheless. There's no word on the launch date but the pricing would be kept similar to the GTX 1650 around $149 US.