Real World Speed
Performance profile from 2,202,257 user samples
834,238 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 54% MSI(1462 3160)
Worst Bench: 43% MSI(1462 3160)
Poor: 43% Great: 54%
SPEED RANK: 132nd / 714
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
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
49.1 % 56.1 % Faster effective speed.
+14%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
60.4 fps 69.6 fps Better lighting effects.
+15%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
70.3 fps 76.8 fps Slightly better reflection handling.
+9%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
66.6 fps +1% 65.8 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
61.2 fps 70 fps Faster NBody calculation.
+14%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
67.8 fps 75.4 fps Better peak lighting effects.
+11%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
94.9 fps 109 fps Better peak reflection handling.
+15%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
69.7 fps 70.1 fps +1%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
66.5 fps 74.9 fps Faster peak NBody calculation.
+13%
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
156 Fps 160 Fps +3%
Fortnite
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
94 Fps 101 Fps Slightly Better Fortnite Fps.
+8%
PUBG
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
63 Fps 68 Fps Slightly Better PUBG Fps.
+9%
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
53 Fps 62 Fps Better GTAV Fps.
+17%
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
156 Fps 178 Fps Better LoL Fps.
+14%
Overwatch
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
97 Fps 101 Fps +4%
BF1
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
62 Fps 70 Fps Better BF1 Fps.
+12%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
48 Fps 56 Fps Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps.
+17%
Minecraft
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
189 Fps 215 Fps Better Minecraft Fps.
+14%
DOTA 2
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
121 Fps 131 Fps Slightly Better DOTA 2 Fps.
+8%
WoW
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
63 Fps 77 Fps Better WoW Fps.
+21%
WoT
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
97 Fps 105 Fps Slightly Better WoT Fps.
+8%
Market Share
Based on 67,427,668 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.12 % 2.14 % Hugely higher market share.
+91%
Value
Value For Money
58.2 % 114 % Hugely better value.
+96%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
70 % 88 % More popular.
+26%
Price
Price (score)
$200 $117 Much cheaper.
+42%
Age
Newest
115 Months 93 Months More recent.
+19%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
67.7 fps 73.3 fps Slightly better peak texture detail.
+8%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
58.3 fps 70.6 fps Faster peak complex splatting.
+21%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
61 fps 66.9 fps Slightly better texture detail.
+10%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
53.6 fps 65.7 fps Faster complex splatting.
+23%
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The Nvidia GTX 970 is a game changer in terms of performance per watt and value for money. The GTX 970 is based on Nvidia's ground-breaking Maxwell architecture which delivers considerable clock for clock performance gains over Kepler, its predecessor. Comparing the GTX 970 and 780 Ti shows that the two cards offer comparable performance yet the new GTX 970 costs nearly half as much! Unsurprisingly Nvidia are discontinuing the 780 Ti as it's now largely redundant. These price to performance gains typically occur once or twice a decade and although the new Maxwell architecture will improve down the line with the release of the Ti/Titan versions, at the moment the 970 offers the best value for money on the market by miles. Since this summary was originally written AMD have slashed prices and older Nvidia models (780/780 Ti/770) have also been hugely discounted. See the latest value for money rankings here[Jul '15 GPUPro]

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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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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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