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When Nvidia first announced the GTX 1650 – the latest Turing-based graphics card – one of the main features spoken about was the GPU's 75W TDP, meaning it doesn't require an external PCIe power connector. We've already reviewed one GTX 1650 which had a 6-pin connector anyway, but the Palit GTX 1650 StormX OC is one of the cards that draws all its power from the PCIe slot. Can this make GTX 1650 a more attractive proposition?
Not only does Palit's GTX 1650 StormX OC forgo the need for additional power connectors, but it is also an incredibly small card – measuring just 145mm long. Palit is clearly targeting the Mini ITX audience with this one – perhaps those looking to build a compact system for HDTV gaming in the living room.
Despite its size, as the model name suggests, Palit has still applied a factory overclock – with a boost clock of 1725MHz which is up from the reference-spec 1665MHz. Can it compete with AMD's RX 570?
| GPU | RTX 2060 (FE) | GTX 1660 Ti | GTX 1660 | GTX 1650 | GTX 1060 |
| SMs | 30 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 10 |
| CUDA Cores | 1920 | 1536 | 1408 | 896 | 1280 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Tensor FLOPS | 51.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| RT Cores | 30 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Texture Units | 120 | 96 | 88 | 56 | 80 |
| ROPs | 48 | 48 | 48 | 32 | 48 |
| Rays Cast | 5 Giga Rays/sec | – | – | – | 0.44 Giga Rays/sec |
| RTX Performance | 37 Trillion RTX-OPS | – | – | – | N/A |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1680 MHz | 1770 MHz | 1785 MHz | 1665 MHz | 1708 MHz |
| Memory Data Rate | 14 Gbps | 12 Gbps | 8 Gbps | 8 Gbps | 8 Gbps |
| Total Video Memory | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR5 | 4GB GDDR5 | 6GB GDRR5 |
| Memory Interface | 192-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 336.1 GB/sec | 288.1 GB/sec | 192.1 GB/sec | 128 GB/sec | 192 GB/sec |
| TDP | 160W | 120W | 120W | 75W | 120W |
We've already touched on the new TU117 GPU that's used for GTX 1650 in our Gigabyte Gaming OC 4G review – it's essentially a scaled-down TU116, with 14 SMs and 896 CUDA cores. Remember, only the RTX 20-series cards have dedicated cores for ray tracing and DLSS, so there's no RT or Tensor cores with GTX 1650.
As mentioned, GTX 1650 reference spec has a boost clock of 1665MHz, but Palit has applied a 60MHz factory overclock to this card, though it is worth mentioning that the 4GB of GDDR5 memory is left at the stock 8Gbps.
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