Real World Speed
Performance profile from 444,574 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
4,292 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 39% PowerColor(148C 2416) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 34% XFX(1EAE 6405) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 34% Great: 39%
SPEED RANK: 157th / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
32.9 % 36 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+9%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
42.1 fps +3% 40.7 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
45.5 fps 61.8 fps Much better reflection handling.
+36%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
36.3 fps 94.2 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+160%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
40.2 fps 43.7 fps Slightly faster NBody calculation.
+9%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
46.4 fps +4% 44.6 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
56.8 fps 63.3 fps Better peak reflection handling.
+11%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
38.2 fps 100 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+162%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
43.3 fps 46.3 fps Slightly faster peak NBody calculation.
+7%
Market Share
Based on 67,418,109 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.55 % Hugely higher market share.
+1,000%
0.05 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
61 % More popular.
+15%
53 %
Age
Newest
111 Months 23+ Months Much more recent.
+79%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
43.7 fps 88 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+101%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
37.9 fps Much faster peak complex splatting.
+38%
27.4 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
39.8 fps 81.3 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+104%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
35.1 fps Much faster complex splatting.
+33%
26.4 fps
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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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