ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix 4GB GDDR6
ASUS
36 Overall Score
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB GDDR6
ASRock
76 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix 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 Users praise its whisper-quiet operation, minimal heat output, and how it breathes new life into outdated hardware.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
ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB GDDR6
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Ray Tracing
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 1080p
Content Creation
Budget
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix | ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 6900 XT |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Turing | RDNA 2 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 12 | 7★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 4 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 80★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 5.9670000076293945 | 46.08000183105469★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 2.9839999675750732 | 23.040000915527344★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 50★ | 300 |
| Recommended PSU | 250★ | 1,000 |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 174★ | 332 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 3 |
| Form Factor | Full Height | ATX |
| Weight | 0.32 kg★ | 1.81 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | — | ✓★ |
| Upscaling | — | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
ASUS GeForce GTX 1650 Phoenix 4GB GDDR6
- Strong efficiency (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (72nd percentile)
- Below average feature (12th percentile)12th %ile
- Below average ai (16th percentile)16th %ile
- Below average vram (18th percentile)18th %ile
- Below average rt (20th percentile)20th %ile
ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB GDDR6
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong rt (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong compute (77th percentile)
Verdict
Winner: ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula
Scores 76 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 20 of 38 specs.