Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,372,265 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
4,246 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 116% Sapphire(1DA2 448E) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 105% XFX(1EAE 6502) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 105% Great: 116%
SPEED RANK: 55th / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
56.1 % 110 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+96%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
69.6 fps 117 fps Much better lighting effects.
+68%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
76.8 fps 141 fps Hugely better reflection handling.
+84%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
65.8 fps 221 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+236%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
70 fps 123 fps Much faster NBody calculation.
+76%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
75.4 fps 125 fps Much better peak lighting effects.
+66%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
109 fps 154 fps Much better peak reflection handling.
+41%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
70.1 fps 233 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+232%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
74.9 fps 130 fps Much faster peak NBody calculation.
+74%
Market Share
Based on 67,421,585 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
2.15 % Hugely higher market share.
+975%
0.2 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
88 % Much more popular.
+54%
57 %
Age
Newest
93 Months 23+ Months Much more recent.
+75%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
73.3 fps 254 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+247%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
70.6 fps 204 fps Hugely faster peak complex splatting.
+189%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
66.9 fps 234 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+250%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
65.7 fps 189 fps Hugely faster complex splatting.
+188%
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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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Whilst the drought in the GPU market continues, street prices for AMD cards are around 50% lower than comparable (based on headline average fps figures) Nvidia cards. Many experienced users simply have no interest in buying AMD cards, regardless of price. The combined market share for all of AMD’s RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs amongst PC gamers (Steam stats) is just 2.12% whilst Nvidia’s RTX 2060 alone accounts for 5.03%. AMD’s Neanderthal marketing tactics seem to have come back to haunt them. Their brazen domination of social media platforms including youtube and reddit resulted in millions of users purchasing sub standard products. Be wary of sponsored reviews with cherry picked games that showcase the wins and ignore the losses. Experienced gamers know all too well that headline average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, excessive noise and a limited feature set. [May '22 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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