How does AMD’s latest iGPU Radeon 890m fair against a desktop entry-level graphics card Nvidia GTX 1650 Super in this Radeon 890m vs GTX 1650 super comparison? Which one is better among them?
AMD 890m iGPU was released on 15th July, 2024; it is based on RDNA 3.5 architecture and codenamed as Strix Point.
GTX 1650 Super was released on Nov 22nd, 2019 by Nvidia which is based on Turing architecture made for 1080p gaming.
Graphics Card Info Comparison between Radeon 890M vs 1650 Super
| AMD Radeon 890M | VS | Nvidia GTX 1650 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Strix Point | GPU Codename | TU116 |
| RDNA 3.5 | Architecture | Turing |
| 15th July, 2024 | Release date | Nov 22nd, 2019 |
| Navi III IGP | Generation | GeForce 16 |
| TSMC | Foundry | TSMC |
| Laptop, Desktop | Market Segment | Desktop |
| Active | Production | Active |
| Integrated | Type | Desktop |
AMD Radeon 890M vs GTX 1650 Super Specs Comparison
| AMD Radeon 890M | VS | GTX 1650 Super |
|---|---|---|
| — | SM Counts | 20 SM |
| 16 CUs | Compute Units | — |
| 1024 Units | Shaders / Stream Processors/ Cuda Cores | 1280 Units |
| 64 | TMUs (Texture Mapping Units) | 80 |
| 32 | ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline) | 32 |
| 16 | RayTracing Cores | None |
| 32 KB per WGP | L0 Cache | — |
| 128 KB per Array | L1 Cache | 64 KB (per SM) |
| 2 MB | L2 Cache | 1 MB |
| 400 MHz | Base Clock | 1530 MHz |
| 2900 MHz | Boost Clock | 1725 MHz |
AMD Radeon 890m has 1024 stream processors while GTX 1650 super has 1280 CUDA cores, which means GTX 1650 Super GPU has 256 more shading units.
Both the GPUs use different architecture though being an iGPU Radeon 890m does have 16 Raytracing cores while GTX 1650 Super doesn’t.
AMD 890M vs GTX 1650 Super Board Design Comparison
| AMD Radeon 890M | VS | GTX 1650 Super |
|---|---|---|
| 34 billion | Transistors | 6.6 billion |
| 4 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
| 233 mm² | Die Size | 284 mm² |
| 145.9M / mm² | Density | 23.2M / mm² |
| FP8 | Chip Package | BGA-2228 |
| 15W | TDP (Total Draw Power) | 100W |
| IGP | Slot Width | Dual Slot |
| Portable Device Dependent | Outputs | 1x DVI 1x HDMI 2.0 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| PCIe 4.0 x8 | Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-Pin |
890m igpu has 34 billion transistors compared to 6.6 billion transistors of GTX 1650. The process node of 890m is 4nm while Nvidia GTX GeForce 1650 Super has 12nm which made a huge difference in no. of transistors.
As the GTX 1650 Super graphics card is a desktop GPU it requires an external power supply, with a minimum PSU requirement of 450W compared to the Radeon 890m which only draws 15W – 40Watts in power.
Despite the difference in power wattage, AMD 890m almost gets close to GTX 1650 super in gaming performance.
Radeon 890M vs GTX 1650 Super Memory Comparison
| AMD Radeon 890M | VS | GTX 1650 Super |
|---|---|---|
| System Shared | Memory Size | 4 GB |
| System Shared | Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| System Shared | Memory Bus | 128-bit |
| System Shared | Memory Clock | 1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective |
| System Dependent | Bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s |
AMD Radeon 890m graphics is an iGPU so it shares it VRAM capacity with the system RAM. The capacity can be increased via bios. 890m GPU default VRAM capacity is 4GB.
Geforce GTX 1650 Super has its own VRAM memory, GTX 1650 Super VRAM is 4GB GDDR6 type memory which is faster than system RAM memory speeds.
The bandwidth capacity of GTX 1650 Super memory is huge compared to 890M due to using system memory.
GTX 1650 vs 890M Theoretical Performance Comparison
| AMD Radeon 890M | VS | GTX 1650 |
|---|---|---|
| 92.8 GPixel/s | Pixel Fill Rate | 55.20 GPixel/s |
| 185.6 GTexel/s | Texture Fill Rate | 138.0 GTexel/s |
| 11.8 TFLOPS | FP16 (Half) | 8,832 TFLOPS |
| 5.939 TFLOPS | FP32 (Float) | 4.416 TFLOPS |
| 0.371 TFLOPS | FP64 (Double) | 0.138 TFLOPS |
Radeon 890m Teraflops is 5.939 TFLOPS while GTX 1650 Super Teraflops is 4.416 TFLOPS. Though GTX 1650 Super has more Cuda cores it has less clock speed and AMD 890M RDNA 3.5 igpu counts its virtual cores so 890M TFLOPS doubles.
Higher Clocks affect the no. of Texture rate and Pixel rate so AMD Radeon 890M RDNA 3.5 GPU has higher Texture and Pixel rates.
GTX 1650 Super vs 890M API Features Comparison
| AMD Radeon 890M | VS | GTX 1650 Super |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Ultimate (12_2) | DirectX | 12 (12_1) |
| 4.6 | OpenGL | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | OpenCL | 3.0 |
| — | Cuda | 7.5 |
| 1.3 | Vulkan | 1.3 |
| 6.8 | Shader Model | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | DisplayPort | 2.0 |
| 2.1 | HDMI | 1.4a |
| 2.3 | HDCP Version | 2.2 |
AMD Radeon 890M vs GTX 1650 Super Benchmark Comparison
| AMD Radeon 890M | VS | GTX 1650 Super |
|---|---|---|
| 3451 | Time Spy Graphics | 4784 |
| 9622 | Firestrike Graphics | 11946 |
| 43082 | OpenCL | 56126 |
| 47829 | Vulkan | 53977 |
| 7886 | Passmark | 10158 |
AMD Radeon 890m Time spy score is 3451 while GTX 1650 Super Time spy score is 4784.
GTX 1650 Super Firestrike score is 11946 while AMD 890M GPU has 9622. AMD Radeon 890m Open Cl score and Vulkan score are 43082 and 47829 while GTX 1650 Super has 56126 Open Cl and 53977 Vulkan score.
GTX 1650 Super Passmark score is 10158 while Radeon 890m Passmark score is 7886. In every synthetic benchmark score AMD 890M loses to GTX 1650 Super.
Ryzen 7 5700G and Asus GTX 1650 Super 4gb Gddr6 were used to test the GTX 1650 Super while Radeon 890m from Asus Vivobook S14 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) was used in this test.
AMD Radeon 890M vs 1650 Super Gaming Performance Comparison
The Laptop used for this comparison test is Vivobook S16 M5606WA with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, Radeon 890M iGPU, and 32GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM for 890m integrated GPU.
The System used for this comparison is AMD Ryzen 7 5700G CPU, 2x 16GB DDR4-4000 MHz RAM, and Asus GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB Graphics card.
A total of 5 Games and their screenshots from the source: AMD APU Gaming YouTube channel, I didn’t get the accurate average FPS numbers for this test yet.
The Radeon 890M iGPU power usage was around 40-60 W and Nvidia GTX 1650 Super Gddr6 was using 90 – 100W in this test.
FarCry 6, 1080p High
In FarCry 6, Radeon 890m was lagging behind GTX 1650 Super by about 8-13 FPS during the entire benchmark, though the game ran smoothly on both graphics cards.
Radeon 890m performed well despite losing the gameplay was smooth on this iGPU with min. FPS of 49. Most of the time the FPS was above 50 FPS which is very good for an iGPU for AAA title games.
Nvidia 1650 Super was performing very well for a 1080p card, the FPS was above 60 during the benchmark.
Forza Horizon 5, 1080p High
In Forza Horizon 5 at 1080p high settings, both Radeon 890M and GTX 1650 Super were neck and neck with some variations of 6-12 FPS depending on the scene; sometimes Radeon 890M was ahead while on some scenes GTX 1650 Super 4 GB was ahead.
AMD 890M and Nvidia GTX 1650 Super were achieving 70 – 90 FPS during the gameplay.
Resident Evil: Village, 1080p High
In Resident Evil: Village at 1080p high settings, Radeon 890m was lagging behind by 10-15 FPS from Geforce GTX 1650 super.
Radeon 890m was averaging around 65-70 FPS while achieving 70 – 80 FPS during gameplay which is considered to be very well in 1080p AAA gaming for an iGPU.
GTX 1650 Super was averaging around 80 – 85 FPS most of the time. It achieved 100+ FPS during gameplay.
Rainbow Six Siege, 1080p High
In Rainbow Six Siege at 1080p High settings, GTX 1650 Super annihilated Radeon 890M iGPU by about 30-45 FPS in differences.
Radeon 890m was achieving 100+ FPS while 1650 Super was achieving 140+ FPS.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider, 1080p High
In Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p high settings, Radeon 890m loses to Nvidia GTX 1650 Super by 15-20 FPS in differences.
SOTR is a heavily graphics-demanding game though the Radeon 890m was running this game smoothly within the range of 45 – 51 FPS, while in some scenarios the FPS was dipping below 40 FPS.
GTX 1650 Super was fine easily pushing 60 – 70+ FPS, while in some scenarios only dipping around 57 FPS, and most of the time game was running at 64 – 70+ FPS.
AMD 890m GPU was averaging 47 – 50 FPS while GTX 1650 Super was around 64 – 70+ FPS.
Conclusion
GTX 1650 Super wins this test by a difference of 10 – 15 FPS in a total of 5 games. Despite losing to Nvidia’s 1650 Super, AMD Radeon TM 890m graphics was running all these games smoothly at 1080p High settings.
The result was great. If the Radeon 890M is used in future Gaming handheld PCs, Handheld gamers will be very satisfied with the performance.
All the tests were done without using FSR with Radeon 890m. I am satisfied with the 890m integrated GPU performance.
FAQs
Does 1650 Super need external power connector?
GTX 1650 Super wattage is 100W so it does require a 1x 6-pin power connector.
What was the Radeon 890M TDP and GTX 1650 Super TDP during the Test?
Radeon 890M TDP was around 40 – 60 W (both CPU and iGPU combined) while GTX 1650 Super was around 80 – 100 watts.
What is the clock speed of Radeon 890m and GTX 1650 Super?
Radeon 890m clock speed is 800 – 2900 MHz and GTX 1650 Super clock speed is 1530 – 1725 MHz while gaming it can reach up to 1930 MHz.
Which is better Radeon 890M or GTX 1650 Super?
GTX 1650 Super is better than Radeon 890M as 1650 Super has more Cuda Cores, higher TDP, Faster memory, and architectural differences.
