Real World Speed
Performance profile from 403,622 user samples
374,630 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 137% MSI(1462 3973)
Worst Bench: 118% Nvidia(10DE 2489) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 118% Great: 137%
SPEED RANK: 29th / 698
28,992 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 79% Gigabyte(1458 40AA)
Worst Bench: 67% Gigabyte(1458 40AA)
Poor: 67% Great: 79%
SPEED RANK: 86th / 698
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
129 % Much faster effective speed.
+72%
74.7 %
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
179 fps Much better lighting effects.
+77%
101 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
175 fps Hugely better reflection handling.
+103%
86.3 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
183 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+119%
83.4 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
135 fps Hugely faster NBody calculation.
+87%
72.2 fps
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
195 fps Hugely better peak lighting effects.
+81%
108 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
219 fps Hugely better peak reflection handling.
+90%
115 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
193 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+123%
86.7 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
143 fps Hugely faster peak NBody calculation.
+86%
76.8 fps
Market Share
Based on 59,844,254 GPUs tested.
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
2.99 % Hugely higher market share.
+353%
0.66 %
Value
Value For Money
72.7 % +3% 70.8 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
99 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
92 %
Price
Price (score)
$419 $250 Much cheaper.
+40%
Age
Newest
27 Months 13 Months Much more recent.
+52%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
184 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+84%
99.9 fps
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
123 fps Much faster peak complex splatting.
+79%
68.8 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
163 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+83%
89.2 fps
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
117 fps Hugely faster complex splatting.
+80%
64.9 fps
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The RTX 3060 Ti is Nvidia’s latest 3000 series GPU. Assuming it (ever…) comes into stock at $400 USD, it will take the crown as the best value for money graphics card. Nvidia’s new Ampere architecture, which supersedes Turing, offers both improved power efficiency and performance. The 3060 Ti features 4,864 CUDA cores, 152 Tensor cores, it has a boost clock of 1.665 GHz, 8 GB of memory and a power draw of just 200 W. Nvidia’s entire 3000 series lineup offers once in a decade price/performance improvements. The 3060 Ti beats the previous generation’s 2060 Super by 30% in terms of effective speed at the same MSRP. Given the widespread issues AMD users are facing with 5000 series GPUs (blue/black screens etc.), AMD’s 6000 series GPU’s will have to see substantial price cuts and a huge marketing effort in order to gain any traction. Meanwhile, Christmas has come early for PC gamers who can look forward to an unparalleled gaming experience in class leading titles such as Cyberpunk 2077. At ultra settings, with ray tracing enabled, Cyberpunk 2077 redefines the boundaries of immersive gaming. It makes GTA5 look like Tetris in comparison. The combination of RTX+DLSS delivers stunning graphics that are several tiers higher than both AMD's best discrete GPUs and the upcoming consoles. In terms of real world performance, Nvidia’s 3000 series has more or less put AMD’s Radeon group in checkmate. Nonetheless, AMD’s marketers are capable of delivering elaborate BS albeit whilst struggling to keep a straight face. Their marketing infrastructure outsold Intel in the CPU market despite a 15% performance deficit. Without an appropriate social media marketing strategy, Nvidia may lose considerable market share, for all the wrong reasons. [Dec '20 GPUPro]

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The RTX 3050 is built on NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture. It marks the first time that ray-tracing has been available on an entry level (50-series) card. Second generation ray tracing cores can be switched on for more realistic light simulation, albeit at a hit to performance. The 3050 features 2560 CUDA cores, a boost clock frequency of 1.78 GHz, 8 GB of the latest GDDR6 memory and NVIDIA’s DLSS. DLSS technology uses the 3050’s tensor cores to scale up resolutions whilst maintaining high frame rates and without losing significant image quality. The 3050 also includes an encoder (NVENC) for sharper images and smoother capture whilst recording/streaming. The MRSP of entry models is $249 USD, however, street prices are closer to $600 USD. Early benchmarks show that the 3050 only headlines around 50% faster than AMD's 6500 XT whilst street prices for the 3050 are over 100% higher. Many experienced users simply have no interest in buying AMD cards, regardless of price. 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. Experienced gamers know all too well that high average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, excessive noise and a limited feature set. [Jan '22 GPUPro]

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Graphics Card Rankings (Price vs Performance) March 2023 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 $313Nvidia RTX 3060 $350Crucial MX500 250GB $32
Intel Core i5-12400F $159Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $419Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i3-12100F $98Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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