ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix OC 4GB GDDR6
ASUS
29 Overall Score
vs
Sapphire Radeon RX 7800 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6
Sapphire
75 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix OC 4GB GDDR6
85 out of 100 medium confidence 13 reviews
This GTX 1650 is cherished as an ideal drop-in upgrade for prebuilt office PCs or older systems, delivering solid 1080p gaming at high settings without needing extra power cables. Users praise its whisper-quiet operation, minimal heat output, and how it breathes new life into outdated hardware. Criticisms are few, mainly noting elevated pricing due to market conditions and occasional minor quirks like slow monitor wake from sleep.
Pros
- No external power required
- Drop-in upgrade for prebuilt PCs
- Quiet fan operation
- Solid 1080p gaming performance
- Easy installation
Cons
- Overpriced due to market conditions
- Slow monitor wake from sleep
- Exhausts heat into case
- Fan can become noisy under load
- Past fan failure reports
Installation ease 8
Gaming performance 7
Power consumption 6
Cooling and noise 5
Value for money 5
Compatibility with prebuilts 5
Sapphire Radeon RX 7800 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Budget
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1080p
Gaming 1440p
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix OC | Sapphire Radeon RX 7800 XT PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 12 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 60★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 5.9670000076293945 | 74.6500015258789★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 2.9839999675750732 | 37.31999969482422★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 50★ | 263 |
| Recommended PSU | 250★ | 700 |
| Power Connectors | — | 2 x 8 pin |
| Cooler | Single Fan | Dual Fan★ |
| Fans | 1 | 2★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 2★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| USB-C | — | 0★ |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 174★ | 280 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | Full Height | ATX |
| Weight | 0.50 kg★ | 1.50 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix OC 4GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong affordability (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (72nd percentile)
- Below average compute (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average ai (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average vram (18th percentile)18th %ile
Sapphire Radeon RX 7800 XT PULSE 16GB GDDR6
- Strong connectivity (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong feature (84th percentile)84th %ile
- Strong ai (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Strong social proof (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
Verdict
Winner: Sapphire Radeon RX 7800 XT PULSE
Scores 75 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 39 specs.