Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,394,592 user samples
1,368,019 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 60% Gigabyte(1458 371D)
Worst Bench: 51% MSI(1462 3490) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 51% Great: 60%
SPEED RANK: 119th / 714
26,573 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 57% PowerColor(148C 2357) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 48% Sapphire(174B E324)
Poor: 48% Great: 57%
SPEED RANK: 121st / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
56.1 % +5% 53.5 %
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
69.6 fps 69.8 fps +0%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
76.8 fps +3% 74.3 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
65.8 fps +0% 65.6 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
70 fps Slightly faster NBody calculation.
+8%
65.1 fps
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
75.4 fps 76 fps +1%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
109 fps Much better peak reflection handling.
+41%
77.2 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
70.1 fps +3% 67.9 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
74.9 fps Slightly faster peak NBody calculation.
+9%
69 fps
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
160 Fps Better CSGO Fps.
+13%
141 Fps
Fortnite
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
101 Fps Better Fortnite Fps.
+19%
85 Fps
PUBG
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
68 Fps Much Better PUBG Fps.
+34%
51 Fps
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
62 Fps 68 Fps Better GTAV Fps.
+10%
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
178 Fps 193 Fps Slightly Better LoL Fps.
+9%
Overwatch
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
101 Fps +3% 98 Fps
BF1
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
70 Fps +1% 69 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
56 Fps +1% 55 Fps
WoT
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
105 Fps +1% 104 Fps
Market Share
Based on 67,415,589 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
2.09 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
0 %
Value
Value For Money
114 % Hugely better value.
+206%
37.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
88 % Much more popular.
+44%
61 %
Price
Price (score)
$117 Much cheaper.
+66%
$340
Age
Newest
93 Months More recent.
+12%
106 Months
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
73.3 fps 101 fps Much better peak texture detail.
+38%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
70.6 fps Much faster peak complex splatting.
+48%
47.8 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
66.9 fps 92.3 fps Much better texture detail.
+38%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
65.7 fps Much faster complex splatting.
+42%
46.2 fps
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The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card provided prices settle appropriately. [Jul '16 GPUPro]

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The AMD R9 390X is a rebadged power hungry (350W+) 290X. The 390X has a slightly increased GPU clock speed, a significantly increased memory speed and a higher minimum VRAM of 8GB but it shares the same core GPU hardware. Looking at the overclocked performance differences between the older 290X and the 390X shows that the two cards are approximately the same, which comes as no surprise considering that the 390X is actually just a factory overclocked 290X. Smart shoppers obviously won't be happy to pay AMD a premium of around $100 simply for overclocking a two year old 290X. That said the 390X does offer stellar performance, particularly at 4K resolutions and if prices drop significantly it could become a strong contender. We only have one MSI sample benchmark for the 390X so far so we will revisit this GPU when we have a better sample of all the available cards. [Jun '15 GPUPro]

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Graphics Card Rankings (Price vs Performance) April 2024 GPU Rankings

We calculate effective 3D speed which estimates gaming performance for the top 12 games. Effective speed is adjusted by current prices to yield value for money. Our figures are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top GPUs. [GPUPro]

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