This article shows you the performance benchmarks of an Nvidia RTX 2050 vs GTX 1650 when running games at 1080p Full HD!
Last year Nvidia silently released the RTX 2050 and the GTX 1650. Both cards came out as entry-level successors of the 2000 Series and the 1000 series, respectively. Nvidia mainly released these two cards to supply GPUs during the GPU shortage. But surprisingly, RTX 2050 was meant to build only for the laptop version, and now, Nvidia didn’t release any desktop variants for this GPU. On the other hand, the GTX 1650 is available for laptops and desktops.
As both cards are very similar in their design so, we decided to do some performance benchmarks with both cards to see their capabilities in gaming even on this low budget. Since the PC Gaming Market was shattered with inflated prices, portable solutions like laptops were sold like hot cakes. So Nvidia made a very smart move in introducing the RTX 2050 as a Gaming laptop GPU to capture the market, so we ran some tests with some latest generation Games. As the Nvidia 2050 doesn’t have a PC variant version, so we used the same system configuration as the laptop for these two GPUs in this case
Now without further delay, lets check out the performance benchmark comparison between Nvidia RTX 2050 vs the GTX 1650 GPU! This article is going to be the most awaited RTX vs GTX in Laptops Test!
Nvidia RTX 2050 vs Nvidia GTX 1650 – Test Setup
Here are the test specs we are currently using to conduct the RTX 2050 vs GTX 1650 Gaming Performance benchmarks.
GTX 1650 Gaming Laptop
| Model | Lenovo Legion 5 15ARH05 |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 4800H |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB |
| RAM | 16GB DDR4 RAM |
| Storage | 512GB NVMe SSD |
RTX 2050 Laptop
| Model | Lenovo Think book 16 G4+ IAP |
| Processor | Intel Core i7 12700H |
| GPU | Nvidia RTX 2050 4GB |
| RAM | 16GB DDR5 RAM |
| Storage | 512GB NVMe SSD |
Nvidia GTX 1650 vs RTX 2050 – Gaming Benchmark
Here are the details Gaming Benchmark results of Nvidia RTX 2050 vs GTX 1650. As the GTX 1650 do not have any DLSS option available, we decided to turn off the DLSS feature for the RTX 2050 GPU while testing out.
| Game Name | Nvidia GTX 1650 | Nvidia RTX 2050 |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 54 fps avg | 59 fps avg |
| Control | 42 fps avg | 36 fps avg |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 46 fps avg | 45 fps avg |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 57 fps avg | 61 fps avg |
| Assassin’s Creed Valhalla | 47 fps avg | 49 fps avg |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 71 fps avg | 63 fps avg |
| Rainbow Six Siege | 169 fps avg | 191 fps avg |
| Metro Exodus | 35 fps avg | 36 fps avg |
| Far Cry 5 | 61 fps avg | 62 fps avg |
| The Witcher 3 | 45 fps avg | 49 fps avg |
| The Division 2 | 54 fps avg | 55 fps avg |
| Shadow of The Tomb Raider | 55 fps avg | 55 fps avg |
So from the above list, you can see that both cards deliver very similar performance. We can see a significant difference in performance for just one or two particular games. Also, if we turn off the DLSS feature, the Nvidia RTX 2050 gives approximately 15fps more than the GTX 1650.
So if you want to buy a laptop with an entry-level RTX graphics card, then go for a laptop that has RTX 2050, and if you are not thinking of spending so much on GPU, then you can go with a laptop with GTX 1650 or get a PC which has a GTX 1650 Graphics Card in it. With the DLSS feature, you will get more performance and fps in a compact gaming system with the RTX 2050 Graphics Card.
So this was all about Nvidia RTX 2050 vs GTX 1650 benchmark comparison. If you think we missed out on anything, let us know in the comments below.
That’s all, Folks!
Alapan, Editor at Xombied and Techuda, is a biomechanical Engineer education-wise. But he wanted to go ahead with his life and pursue his career as both Gaming and Tech Reviewer. He is occasionally invited to host, plan and execute Gaming events with multiple brands. Apart from gaming, he loves playing guitar and singing along to the music.