GeForce GTX 1650 mobile vs Radeon R9 280

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1650 mobile and Radeon R9 280, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 1650 mobile stacks up against Radeon R9 280, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1650 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 1650 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 1650 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1650 mobile Radeon R9 280
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5, GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 280 has 300% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 1650 mobile.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 1650 mobile has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 280.
  • GeForce GTX 1650 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 280 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 1650 mobile is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 1650 mobile is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1650 mobile is 6750 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 280.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
GeForce GTX 1650 mobile and Radeon R9 280 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1650 mobile Radeon R9 280
Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name N18P-G0, N18P-G61 Tahiti
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 23 April 2019 4 March 2014
Pipelines 1024 1792
Core clock speed 1395 MHz
Boost Clock 1560 MHz 933 MHz
Transistor count 4,700 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 99.84 104.5
Floating-point performance 3,344 gflops
Length 275 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 240 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.5 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.140 +
CUDA 7.5
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 408 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.5 Mh/s
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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