GTX 1650 vs RTX 3050 - DON’T Buy a 1650 Gaming Laptop!

This comparison is a must watch before you consider buying a new GTX 1650 gaming laptop in 2022! Even if the RTX 3050 costs more, this comparison will show you why it’s worth it. I’ve compared 15 games, thermals, battery life, power draw & price to show you all the differences!

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RTX 3050 vs GTX 1650 Gaming Laptop Comparison Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Video Sponsor: HP Sale!
0:57 GPU Spec Differences
1:43 Laptops Tested
2:37 GPU Power Limits
3:21 Temperatures
3:33 Clock Speeds
3:46 Power Draw
4:06 Battery Life
4:21 PCIe Lanes
4:30 About FSR & DLSS Testing
5:39 Apex Legends
6:02 Call of Duty: Warzone - DLSS
6:29 Fortnite - DLSS
6:59 God of War - DLSS & FSR
7:36 Cyberpunk 2077 - DLSS & FSR
8:02 Dying Light 2 - DLSS & FSR
8:30 Microsoft Flight Simulator
8:48 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
9:01 Forza Horizon 5
9:22 Red Dead Redemption 2 - DLSS
9:45 Far Cry 6 - FSR
10:07 Watch Dogs Legion - DLSS
10:26 Control - DLSS
10:45 Shadow of the Tomb Raider - DLSS
11:02 Rainbow Six Siege
11:12 15 Game Average - GTX 1650 vs RTX 3050
11:39 9 Game Average With DLSS Boost
12:52 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy
13:11 3D Modeling
13:35 Ray Tracing?
14:02 Pricing & Availability
14:51 Cost Per Frame Value
15:20 RTX 3050 or GTX 1650? Best Laptop GPU?
16:02 Worth Spending More $ For 3050 Ti?

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[JarrodsTech]

Update: the text on the battery graph at 4:06 is incorrect, the test was run with The Witcher 3 at Medium settings 1080p 30 FPS frame cap like usual. A YouTube video playback test would probably be closer together as that's based on the Intel iGPU.

[noodlesal_]

Me watching this on a 1650 laptop I recently bought: 👁👄👁

[imglidinhere]

God I wish these kinds of compare and contrast reviews existed 12 years ago.... This is phenomenal work Jarrod! You rock! :D

[BaraaTech]

Never stop, I've bought GTX1660ti from your reviews 3 years ago, still going strong.
Best unbiased channel there is to exist.

[TheThrillhouse]

Just bought a 2019 laptop with a 1650 for $300. It's my first computer with a graphics card and I love it. Definitely not a crazy card, but being able to buy it in a laptop for $300 now, you just can't beat that. Especially with the way market was the last 2 years.

[adamarz]

The 3050 is better than the 1650 and it has dlss supported for even better performance. On top of that the price jump between the two isn't even that much depending on where you are. The 3050 might be a low end RTX but at least future proofs your laptop for future titles better than the 1650.

[sid_x_]

man living in india really sucks here, we are getting rtx 3050 laptops around $1000 which are max tgp and rtx 3060 laptops are at $1500+

[rockaheror]

In my country, lenovo 1650 is 40% more cheaper than 3050. Its because of massive discount right now, i could not accept 3050 now that 1650 is so affordable. A sacrifice of some performance lag is definitely worth it.

[braddishv]

Thank you! A more sensible test! I know it hasn't been the fault of the channel by getting all those God-tier models - but this video will be super relevant to far more people. Keep up the great work!

[collegemathematics]

there is also a big price difference: in my country, I bought a Lenovo legion 5 Ryzen 5 plus GTX 1650 for $950. while the Ryzen 7 plus RTX 3050 model is for $1200. both with 16GB of ram and 512 m.2 SSD.

[thatoneguy]

i bought my laptop with a 1650 about one and a half years ago, when it was the most common gpu you could get on a laptop. Mine was $1000, and just a few months later i was seeing 3050 laptops for the same price and roughly same specs. Kind of regret buying one at the time rather than waiting, but i guess you can't always predict when the next major upgrade to average laptop hardware will be.

[craigdieter]

I've recently got the Dell G15 with 3050ti and i5 11th gen and 16GB ram version, and picked it up a couple of months ago on sale for $650 CA plus tax. I've been pretty happy with the performance.

[RFIKILLER]

I bought the rtx 3050 variant of the Lenovo Ideapad 3 Gaming for almost the same price of the 1650 variant. Crazy how powerful the 3050 is for the price.

[pratiktandel]

Just recently bought i511400h and a 3050ti laptop.
As a casual gamer i am quite satisfied with the performance.

[mg_vojta]

Okay i understand, but i wish i knew this when my parents bought me a laptop with 1650, i am still grateful for it tho, and it is an amazing first gaming laptop 😁

[ashishbhatt]

1650 should work fine for atleast next 5 years. I mean if you really want performance then buy a pc rather than laptop. Depending of discount the gap in price between them is huge here in asia.

[Gamerlyfe]

I bought a legion 5 with a 1650 ti last year for $700. It plays some games pretty well at med to some high setting at 60fps. I also use it for emulation. I do have a ps5 to play my AAA games on. Gaming laptops are expensive and i was not trying to spend $2000 for a 3080 laptop..

[TheDvastator]

Watching this on my GTX 1650 laptop.

Bought it mainly because it was quite a lot cheaper than a 3050 option in my country (India). Moreover, the Legion 5 chassis I have is much better in terms of build quality and thermals. Also, don't really need a 3050 as I don't play many AAA games.

[MingoPJ]

Funny story, my friend has both of these GPU's, he said that when he switched out the GTX 1650 to a RTX 3050 he wasn't gaining as much FPS as he did with the GTX 1650

[tetsmon]

this might be a silly question, but why is the power consumption different if spec-wise, both computers have the same TDP? shouldn't they be running at relatively similar watts/temps if they were running full steam?