Real World Speed
Performance profile from 522,399 user samples
440,282 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 36% EVGA(3842 2966)
Worst Bench: 30% HP(103C 2B4D) 2GB
Poor: 30% Great: 36%
SPEED RANK: 164th / 714
82,117 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 52% Sapphire(174B E324)
Worst Bench: 45% PwrHis(1787 2358) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 45% Great: 52%
SPEED RANK: 131st / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
32.9 % 49.7 % Much faster effective speed.
+51%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
42.1 fps 64.1 fps Much better lighting effects.
+52%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
45.5 fps 72.4 fps Much better reflection handling.
+59%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
36.3 fps 63.6 fps Much faster multi rendering.
+75%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
40.2 fps 59.2 fps Much faster NBody calculation.
+47%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
46.4 fps 68.9 fps Much better peak lighting effects.
+48%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
56.8 fps 76.9 fps Much better peak reflection handling.
+35%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
38.2 fps 65.7 fps Much faster peak multi rendering.
+72%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
43.3 fps 61.9 fps Much faster peak NBody calculation.
+43%
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
138 Fps 156 Fps Better CSGO Fps.
+13%
Fortnite
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
73 Fps 93 Fps Better Fortnite Fps.
+27%
PUBG
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
42 Fps 55 Fps Much Better PUBG Fps.
+31%
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
42 Fps 45 Fps Slightly Better GTAV Fps.
+9%
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
123 Fps 173 Fps Much Better LoL Fps.
+41%
Overwatch
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
70 Fps 100 Fps Much Better Overwatch Fps.
+43%
BF1
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
49 Fps 67 Fps Much Better BF1 Fps.
+39%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
37 Fps 55 Fps Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps.
+49%
Minecraft
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
181 Fps Much Better Minecraft Fps.
+36%
133 Fps
DOTA 2
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
81 Fps 104 Fps Better DOTA 2 Fps.
+27%
WoW
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
51 Fps +1% 50 Fps
WoT
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
64 Fps 104 Fps Much Better WoT Fps.
+62%
Market Share
Based on 67,413,296 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.55 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,275%
0.04 %
Value
Value For Money
39.3 % Slightly better value.
+9%
36.2 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
61 % 62 % +2%
Price
Price (score)
$198 Much cheaper.
+39%
$325
Age
Newest
111 Months 106 Months +5%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
43.7 fps 94.4 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+116%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
37.9 fps 46.7 fps Faster peak complex splatting.
+23%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
39.8 fps 86.6 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+118%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
35.1 fps 44.9 fps Faster complex splatting.
+28%
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The new GTX 960 is the third graphics card to feature Nvidia's Maxwell architecture. When the first two Maxwell cards were released back in September 2014 they completely re-shaped the GPU price/performance spectrum not only from Nvidia, but also AMD who were forced to slash prices by around 30%. Unfortunately the new GTX 960 isn't the game changer its predecessors were, and it's actually the weakest of the three Maxwell cards. Comparing the GTX 960 and 970 shows that the 970 is around 70% faster and a comparison of the GTX 960 and 980 shows that GTX 980 is almost exactly twice as fast as the 960. Of the three cards the GTX 970 offers the best bang for your buck, in-fact the GTX 970 is still one of best value cards available. That said, for gaming at 1080p or lower, the GTX 960 will allow decent frame rates at maximum settings for most games. [Jan '15 GPUPro]

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The new AMD R9 390 is the direct successor to the R9 290. Both cards share the same GPU but the R9 390 is factory overclocked. The R9 390 has a 5% higher stock GPU clock, and a substantial stock memory clock increase of 20%. Additionally the R9 390 sports a minimum of 8GB of VRAM versus 4GB on the R9 290. At the current price levels of $329, the R9 390 can't compete given that R9 290s can be had for around $260. The increased VRAM will rarely help even at ultra high resolutions and in any case, most 4K gamers are likely to seek more GPU power than the R9 390 has to offer. We have seen several samples of the R9 390 and they scored an effective speed of 88.5% which, as expected, matches the speeds seen on overclocked R9 290s. On the face of it purchasing an R9 290 at a discount and then manually overclocking will result in the same performance as an R9 390 but with a saving of around $70. [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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