NVIDIA · Turing

Best AI Models for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU (4 GB)

Runs only small models well; 7–9B doesn't fit in 4 GB.

4 GB GDDR6192 GB/s6 TFLOPS FP1655 WTuring 2020

4 GB at 192 GB/s: ~3B Q4 only. Same 1024-core chip as the laptop GTX 1650 but with GDDR6. No Tensor Cores.

What LLMs can the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU run?

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 38.3 t/s	38.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	MiniCPM5 2BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 2.5 GB · 65.7 t/s	65.7 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.5 GB
3	Gemma 4 E2B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 3.5 GB · 36.4 t/s	36.4 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.5 GB
4	LFM3 1.7BLiquid AI Q4_K_M · 2.1 GB · 86.7 t/s	86.7 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.1 GB
5	LFM3 Omni 2BLiquid AI Q4_K_M · 2.4 GB · 73.4 t/s	73.4 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.4 GB

#	Model	Speed ↓	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 38.3 t/s	38.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	LFM3 1.7BLiquid AI Q4_K_M · 2.1 GB · 86.7 t/s	86.7 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.1 GB
3	LFM3 Omni 2BLiquid AI Q4_K_M · 2.4 GB · 73.4 t/s	73.4 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.4 GB
4	MiniCPM5 2BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 2.5 GB · 65.7 t/s	65.7 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.5 GB
5	Gemma 4 E2B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 3.5 GB · 36.4 t/s	36.4 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 38.3 t/s	38.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	LFM3 Omni 2BLiquid AI Q4_K_M · 2.4 GB · 73.4 t/s	73.4 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.4 GB
3	MiniCPM V 4.7 1BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 1.6 GB · 97.5 t/s	97.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 1.6 GB
4	Qwen3.5 2BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 1.9 GB · 70.5 t/s	70.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 1.9 GB
5	Cosmos Reason2 2BNVIDIA Q4_K_M · 3.5 GB · 77.5 t/s	77.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.5 GB

See all 151 models on the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU →Best quant that fits · speeds estimated on this card

About the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU

The GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU runs only small models well. Turing generation, released 2020.

GenerationTuringreleased 2020

GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Low power draw: 55 W board power; a 150 W PSU is enough

Weaknesses

7–9B models don't fit: Qwen3.5 9B needs 6.6 GB at Q4 vs 4 GB here
Slow prompt reading: A 4K-token prompt on Qwen3.5 4B waits 13.9 s for the first token
No FP8 or NVFP4: Turing predates both; use GGUF, AWQ or GPTQ builds

Similar GPUs

Cards people weigh against the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU, each with the one reason it is worth a look.

2 GB more for bigger modelsGTX 1660 SUPERNVIDIA · 6 GB · Turing

▲ 2 GB$22939.6 tok/s

4 GB more for bigger modelsA750Intel · 8 GB · Alchemist

▲ 4 GB$28940.3 tok/s

4 GB more for bigger modelsA580Intel · 8 GB · Alchemist

▲ 4 GB$17940.3 tok/s

4 GB more for bigger modelsA770 8GBIntel · 8 GB · Alchemist

▲ 4 GB$32940.3 tok/s

4 GB more for bigger modelsRTX 3060 TiNVIDIA · 8 GB · Ampere

▲ 4 GB$399rent $0.07/hr45.8 tok/s

4 GB more for bigger modelsRTX 3070NVIDIA · 8 GB · Ampere

▲ 4 GB$499rent $0.08/hr45.8 tok/s

GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU tokens per second by model size

Output speed depends on memory bandwidth (192 GB/s). Grey rows need more than 4 GB.

9BQwen3.5 9B · not at 4-bit
needs 6.6 GB
14BQwen3 14B · not at 4-bit
needs 11.9 GB
27–31BQwen3.8 27B · not at 4-bit
needs 17.9 GB
35B MoEQwen3.6 35B A3B · not at 4-bit
needs 22.0 GB
70BLlama 3.3 70B Instruct · not at 4-bit
needs 51.3 GB
120B MoEGPT OSS 120B · not at 4-bit
needs 70.8 GB

Estimated speeds: Q4_K_M, 4K context, one user. How we estimate

All 562 models on the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU

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Best quant that fits, ordered by llmrun Score. Fit grades how well it runs here, S best. How ranking works

LLM models compatible with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU — ranked by Score, recency and Fit
Model	Quant	VRAM	Speed	Context	Fit
Ministral 3 3B Reasoning 25123.8BReasoningFunctions Q4_K_M·45.1 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.9 GB98%	45.1 t/s	262K	C44, Usable
Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct494MChatFunctions Q4_K_M·201.3 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.8 GB20%	201.3 t/s	33K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3.5 2B Base2.3BVision Q4_K_M·70.5 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.9 GB47%	70.5 t/s	262K	S86, Runs great
LFM2.5 1.2B Instruct1.2BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·116.6 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.2 GB31%	116.6 t/s	128K	S94, Runs great
Mamba 130M HF129MChat Q4_K_M·1386.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.9 GB23%	1386.7 t/s	—	S100, Runs great
Tiny Random PhiForCausalLM80074Chat Q4_K_M·416.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.3 GB8%	416.0 t/s	1K	S100, Runs great
Bloomz 560M559MChat Q4_K_M·337.3 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.4 GB9%	337.3 t/s	2K	S100, Runs great
Mamba 1.4B HF1.4BChat Q4_K_M·137.1 t/s	Q4_K_M	2.5 GB62%	137.1 t/s	—	S96, Runs great
Japanese GPT Neox Small204MChat Q4_K_M·960.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.1 GB3%	960.0 t/s	2K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3 4B Heretic4.0BChat Q3_K_M·50.9 t/s	Q3_K_M	3.8 GB94%	50.9 t/s	41K	B59, Decent
Pythia 70M Deduped96MChat Q4_K_M·2080.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.1 GB2%	2080.0 t/s	2K	S100, Runs great
Transformer 1.3B 100B1.4BChat BF16·41.6 t/s	BF16	3 GB75%	41.6 t/s	2K	A76, Runs well
GPT Neo 125M150MChat BF16·378.2 t/s	BF16	0.3 GB8%	378.2 t/s	2K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3 4B Gemini 3.1 Pro Reasoning Distilled4BChatReasoning Q3_K_M·51.1 t/s	Q3_K_M	3.8 GB94%	51.1 t/s	262K	B59, Decent
LFM2 VL 1.6B1.6BVision Q4_K_M·94.5 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.5 GB37%	94.5 t/s	128K	S90, Runs great

GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU specs, power and PSU

Specs

Architecture: Turing
VRAM: 4 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth: 192.0 GB/s
FP16 (dense): 6.08 TFLOPS
CUDA cores: 1,024
Tensor cores: 0
Compute capability: 7.5
TDP: 55 W
Released: 2020-04-02

GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU FAQ

What is the largest model the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU can run?

Qwen3.5 4B (4.7B) is the largest at 4-bit or better: at Q4_K_M it uses 3.4 GB of 4 GB, and runs at about 38.3 tok/s.

Can the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU run 7–9B models?

No. Qwen3.5 9B needs 6.6 GB at Q4, more than the 4 GB on this card.

How many tokens per second does the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU give?

About 38.3 tok/s on Qwen3.5 4B at Q4_K_M, with the first token after 14.0 s on a 4K-token prompt.

What power supply does the GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU need?

Plan a 150 W PSU (2× the 55 W TDP).

Is renting cheaper than buying a GTX 1650 Ti Laptop GPU?

An RTX 3080 (10 GB) rents from $0.11/hr. With regular daily use, owning pays off.

Best coding LLMs 8 GB VRAM GPUs with 4 GB or more RTX 3070 Ti RTX 2080 SUPER RTX 2070