Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,274,520 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
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
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
49.1 % Much faster effective speed.
+49%
32.9 %
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
60.4 fps Much better lighting effects.
+43%
42.1 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
70.3 fps Much better reflection handling.
+55%
45.5 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
66.6 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+83%
36.3 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
61.2 fps Much faster NBody calculation.
+52%
40.2 fps
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
67.8 fps Much better peak lighting effects.
+46%
46.4 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
94.9 fps Much better peak reflection handling.
+67%
56.8 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
69.7 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+82%
38.2 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
66.5 fps Much faster peak NBody calculation.
+54%
43.3 fps
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
156 Fps Better CSGO Fps.
+13%
138 Fps
Fortnite
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
94 Fps Better Fortnite Fps.
+28%
73 Fps
PUBG
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
63 Fps Much Better PUBG Fps.
+50%
42 Fps
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
53 Fps Better GTAV Fps.
+27%
42 Fps
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
156 Fps Better LoL Fps.
+27%
123 Fps
Overwatch
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
97 Fps Much Better Overwatch Fps.
+39%
70 Fps
BF1
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
62 Fps Better BF1 Fps.
+28%
49 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
48 Fps Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps.
+30%
37 Fps
Minecraft
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
189 Fps +5% 181 Fps
DOTA 2
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
121 Fps Much Better DOTA 2 Fps.
+49%
81 Fps
WoW
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
63 Fps Better WoW Fps.
+25%
51 Fps
WoT
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
97 Fps Much Better WoT Fps.
+52%
64 Fps
Market Share
Based on 67,469,990 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.96 % Hugely higher market share.
+100%
0.48 %
Value
Value For Money
58.2 % Much better value.
+48%
39.3 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
70 % More popular.
+15%
61 %
Price
Price (score)
$200 $198 +1%
Age
Newest
115 Months 111 Months +3%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
67.7 fps Much better peak texture detail.
+55%
43.7 fps
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
58.3 fps Much faster peak complex splatting.
+54%
37.9 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
61 fps Much better texture detail.
+53%
39.8 fps
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
53.6 fps Much faster complex splatting.
+53%
35.1 fps
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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 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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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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