In actuality, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16 series is an intriguing addition to the company’s portfolio. This series was launched by Team Green to cover the lower-mid range gap left by the RTX 20 series. It has two sub-series and a total of eight GPU SKUs under the same Turing architecture. It was marketed by NVIDIA in tandem with the RTX 20 series, acting as a non-RTX companion to it.
Currently one of NVIDIA’s most popular series is the GTX 16 series. The only non-RTX GPUs with a respectable price-to-performance ratio are still found in this series. Additionally, these have been highly well-liked in mid-range gaming laptops. The GTX 16 series GPUs are still among the most accessible and reasonably priced when compared to other NVIDIA products.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16 GPU offerings
There are actually just two cards totaling eight variations in the GTX 16 series. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is the entry-level graphics card. The fact that NVIDIA has produced multiple SKUs under the same name makes the GTX 1650 portfolio somewhat perplexing. The TU117 GPU and GDDR5 RAM were included with the original GTX 1650. Since then, NVIDIA has produced three different variants: one with GDDR6, one with the TU106 GPU, and one with the TU116 GPU. NVIDIA also offers a 1650 Ti edition only for laptops and a Super variant with a TU116 GPU.
Next up is the GTX 1660, available in three flavors: base, Ti, and Super. These all make use of the same TU116 GPU as the 1650 Super. The most potent NVIDIA GPUs available right now that don’t use ray tracing are the GTX 1660 cards. Additionally, we recommend them in our NVIDIA GPU guide for this series.