News Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs ranked by bang for the buck — Prime Day deals let you break 60 fps for $280

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We've ranked the current generation GPUs by bang for the buck for Prime Day, using our demanding 19-game test suite. Here's how the latest Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs stack up when looking at current sales.

Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs ranked by bang for the buck — Prime Day deals let you break 60 fps for $280 : Read more

 

[punkncat]

Not for nothing, but probably worthwhile to list the new XFX RX 580 they have going for $119. Quite a lot of bang for the buck, well stronger than its competitors at the price point in spite of release date.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Not for nothing, but probably worthwhile to list the new XFX RX 580 they have going for $119. Quite a lot of bang for the buck, well stronger than its competitors at the price point in spite of release date.

You can pick those things up for a song on eBay. I realize that's used, but the going price tends to be $50~$60 if an RX 580 8GB is all you're after.

Note also that I'm no longer testing/retesting older GPUs that don't at least have ray tracing hardware, so I can't easily provide comparative performance figures for a 580 vs. something like the RX 6500 XT. But the last time I tested for the GPU benchmarks hierarchy, RX 580 8GB ended up being about 10% faster than the 6500 XT in rasterization performance while using about 75% more power.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Not for nothing, but probably worthwhile to list the new XFX RX 580 they have going for $119. Quite a lot of bang for the buck, well stronger than its competitors at the price point in spite of release date.

The RX 580 is in AMD's legacy support, so it only gets sporadic driver updates (latest drivers are from March), so it shouldn't be on anyone's recommended buy list for gaming purposes unless it's an older machine only for MMOs and older games, but if you're buying that old then you're better off with a GTX 1660.

 

[vijosef]

Bang for the buck is worthless information, because it is one-dimensional.

It cannot replace a 2D scatter plot chart of price vs performance. 1D does not conveys the information.

 

[mitch074]

You can pick those things up for a song on eBay. I realize that's used, but the going price tends to be $50~$60 if an RX 580 8GB is all you're after.

Note also that I'm no longer testing/retesting older GPUs that don't at least have ray tracing hardware, so I can't easily provide comparative performance figures for a 580 vs. something like the RX 6500 XT. But the last time I tested for the GPU benchmarks hierarchy, RX 580 8GB ended up being about 10% faster than the 6500 XT in rasterization performance while using about 75% more power.

So, why is the RX6600 not in the chart? It does support RT, and is still the value champion. True, its RT performance is abysmal, but other cards in that segment can't really play RT games at 1080p either.

 

[vanadiel007]

The best bang for the buck is the one that works best for you and is within your price range.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

So, why is the RX6600 not in the chart? It does support RT, and is still the value champion. True, its RT performance is abysmal, but other cards in that segment can't really play RT games at 1080p either.

Honestly, it's a matter of having up to date benchmarks for all the GPUs. I've recently (past two months) retested every RTX 40 / RX 7000 / Arc A graphics card with a replacement 13900K CPU (after my previous chip gave up the ghost). I have some RX 6000 results, and a few RTX 30 results as well. Many of those chips aren't readily available these days, so should I just add RX 6400/6500 XT/6600 and maybe a few others? Well, I don't have recent 6400/6500 numbers, so then it starts looking like I'm cherry picking because I don't include everything from the RDNA 2 generation. Also, when there's only one seller with a reasonable price on a card, which is often the case with the previous generation, it can go out of stock quickly.

Basically, the current generation is "safe" to discuss in terms of supply. Previous gen has some good deals (like 6750 XT for $270 that I wrote up yesterday), but I don't want to open up the whole can of worms.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Basically, the current generation is "safe" to discuss in terms of supply. Previous gen has some good deals (like 6750 XT for $270 that I wrote up yesterday), but I don't want to open up the whole can of worms.

But, you know what, for you forum regulars that care, here's the full list of the past two generations, sorted by "best FPS per dollar at 1080p" using the best Prime Day pricing we could find. Obviously, a lot of the previous gen cards have some stupidly high prices, but we'll just ignore those. Also, as noted above, some of these results are older and using my previous "dying" 13900K, which in some cases was slightly slower than the new chip I think. (Or maybe that was just driver and game update differences.) Grains of salt in other words, and maybe a slightly higher ~3% margin of error on previous gen performance.

Graphics Card	Price	FPS/$	Val Rank	FPS/W	Eff Rank	1080p	1440p	4K	Power
Intel Arc A580	$160	0.307	1	0.255	42	49.1	34.6		193
Intel Arc A750	$180	0.295	2	0.265	41	53.2	38.4	19.2	201
Radeon RX 6750 XT	$270	0.259	3	0.274	38	69.8	48.3	24.9	255
Radeon RX 6600	$180	0.239	5	0.309	31	42.9	27.8	11.9	139
Radeon RX 6800	$340	0.238	6	0.353	18	80.9	57.9	30.8	229
GeForce RTX 4060	$280	0.236	7	0.523	7	66.0	44.5	22.2	126
Radeon RX 6700 XT	$280	0.234	8	0.303	34	65.5	45.1	23.4	216
Radeon RX 6650 XT	$219	0.234	9	0.308	32	51.2	33.8		167
Radeon RX 7700 XT	$360	0.233	10	0.355	17	83.7	60.4	31.5	236
Radeon RX 6600 XT	$220	0.224	11	0.323	22	49.3	32.2		153
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti	$370	0.221	12	0.577	3	81.6	55.2	28.1	142
Radeon RX 7600	$250	0.221	13	0.352	19	55.1	35.9	14.8	157
Intel Arc A770 16GB	$270	0.218	14	0.278	37	58.8	43.5		211
GeForce RTX 3050	$185	0.215	15	0.318	26	39.7	27.1	13.8	125
Radeon RX 7800 XT	$450	0.212	16	0.383	12	95.2	70.2	37.9	249
Radeon RX 7600 XT	$285	0.211	17	0.317	27	60.1	40.3	19.9	190
GeForce RTX 3060	$260	0.209	18	0.340	20	54.4	37.9	20.1	160
Radeon RX 6800 XT	$440	0.208	19	0.310	30	91.7	67.1	35.8	296
GeForce RTX 4070 Super	$570	0.205	20	0.578	1	116.8	84.5	46.1	202
GeForce RTX 4070	$500	0.204	21	0.547	5	101.9	73.5	38.9	186
Radeon RX 6950 XT	$500	0.201	22	0.311	29	100.5	74.2	40.2	323
Radeon RX 7900 GRE	$525	0.196	23	0.390	11	103.1	76.7	40.8	264
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB	$420	0.194	24	0.540	6	81.4	56.1	29.2	151
Radeon RX 6700 10GB	$300	0.194	25	0.307	33	58.1	38.9	18.7	189
Intel Arc A380	$100	0.190	26	0.272	40	19.0			70
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	$395	0.183	27	0.356	16	72.1	49.9	25.3	202
Radeon RX 7900 XT	$650	0.181	28	0.382	13	117.5	89.2	49.3	308
Radeon RX 6900 XT	$536	0.180	29	0.322	23	96.8	71.0	38.2	301
GeForce RTX 3070	$453	0.178	30	0.372	15	80.8	56.2	28.9	217
GeForce RTX 3080	$579	0.177	31	0.320	24	102.5	74.8	40.5	320
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	$710	0.175	32	0.520	8	124.1	90.6	50.4	239
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super	$760	0.172	33	0.506	9	130.6	97.8	55.1	258
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	$500	0.171	34	0.311	28	85.6	60.0	31.3	275
GeForce RTX 4080 Super	$965	0.152	35	0.577	2	146.3	112.7	65.4	254
GeForce RTX 4080	$950	0.151	36	0.557	4	143.5	110.0	63.6	257
GeForce RTX 3080 12GB	$740	0.150	37	0.294	35	111.1	81.5	45.9	377
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	$870	0.148	38	0.372	14	128.8	100.5	58.1	346
GeForce RTX 3090	$930	0.125	39	0.330	21	116.3	85.7	48.9	353
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	$915	0.124	40	0.319	25	113.7	83.6	47.1	357
GeForce RTX 4090	$1,620	0.103	41	0.496	10	166.7	139.2	87.4	336
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	$1,399	0.089	42	0.289	36	124.3	92.5	53.3	431

 

[artk2219]

But, you know what, for you forum regulars that care, here's the full list of the past two generations, sorted by "best FPS per dollar at 1080p" using the best Prime Day pricing we could find. Obviously, a lot of the previous gen cards have some stupidly high prices, but we'll just ignore those. Also, as noted above, some of these results are older and using my previous "dying" 13900K, which in some cases was slightly slower than the new chip I think. (Or maybe that was just driver and game update differences.) Grains of salt in other words, and maybe a slightly higher ~3% margin of error on previous gen performance.

Graphics Card	Price	FPS/$	Val Rank	FPS/W	Eff Rank	1080p	1440p	4K	Power
Intel Arc A580	$160	0.307	1	0.255	42	49.1	34.6		193
Intel Arc A750	$180	0.295	2	0.265	41	53.2	38.4	19.2	201
Radeon RX 6750 XT	$270	0.259	3	0.274	38	69.8	48.3	24.9	255
Radeon RX 6600	$180	0.239	5	0.309	31	42.9	27.8	11.9	139
Radeon RX 6800	$340	0.238	6	0.353	18	80.9	57.9	30.8	229
GeForce RTX 4060	$280	0.236	7	0.523	7	66.0	44.5	22.2	126
Radeon RX 6700 XT	$280	0.234	8	0.303	34	65.5	45.1	23.4	216
Radeon RX 6650 XT	$219	0.234	9	0.308	32	51.2	33.8		167
Radeon RX 7700 XT	$360	0.233	10	0.355	17	83.7	60.4	31.5	236
Radeon RX 6600 XT	$220	0.224	11	0.323	22	49.3	32.2		153
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti	$370	0.221	12	0.577	3	81.6	55.2	28.1	142
Radeon RX 7600	$250	0.221	13	0.352	19	55.1	35.9	14.8	157
Intel Arc A770 16GB	$270	0.218	14	0.278	37	58.8	43.5		211
GeForce RTX 3050	$185	0.215	15	0.318	26	39.7	27.1	13.8	125
Radeon RX 7800 XT	$450	0.212	16	0.383	12	95.2	70.2	37.9	249
Radeon RX 7600 XT	$285	0.211	17	0.317	27	60.1	40.3	19.9	190
GeForce RTX 3060	$260	0.209	18	0.340	20	54.4	37.9	20.1	160
Radeon RX 6800 XT	$440	0.208	19	0.310	30	91.7	67.1	35.8	296
GeForce RTX 4070 Super	$570	0.205	20	0.578	1	116.8	84.5	46.1	202
GeForce RTX 4070	$500	0.204	21	0.547	5	101.9	73.5	38.9	186
Radeon RX 6950 XT	$500	0.201	22	0.311	29	100.5	74.2	40.2	323
Radeon RX 7900 GRE	$525	0.196	23	0.390	11	103.1	76.7	40.8	264
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB	$420	0.194	24	0.540	6	81.4	56.1	29.2	151
Radeon RX 6700 10GB	$300	0.194	25	0.307	33	58.1	38.9	18.7	189
Intel Arc A380	$100	0.190	26	0.272	40	19.0			70
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	$395	0.183	27	0.356	16	72.1	49.9	25.3	202
Radeon RX 7900 XT	$650	0.181	28	0.382	13	117.5	89.2	49.3	308
Radeon RX 6900 XT	$536	0.180	29	0.322	23	96.8	71.0	38.2	301
GeForce RTX 3070	$453	0.178	30	0.372	15	80.8	56.2	28.9	217
GeForce RTX 3080	$579	0.177	31	0.320	24	102.5	74.8	40.5	320
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	$710	0.175	32	0.520	8	124.1	90.6	50.4	239
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super	$760	0.172	33	0.506	9	130.6	97.8	55.1	258
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	$500	0.171	34	0.311	28	85.6	60.0	31.3	275
GeForce RTX 4080 Super	$965	0.152	35	0.577	2	146.3	112.7	65.4	254
GeForce RTX 4080	$950	0.151	36	0.557	4	143.5	110.0	63.6	257
GeForce RTX 3080 12GB	$740	0.150	37	0.294	35	111.1	81.5	45.9	377
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	$870	0.148	38	0.372	14	128.8	100.5	58.1	346
GeForce RTX 3090	$930	0.125	39	0.330	21	116.3	85.7	48.9	353
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	$915	0.124	40	0.319	25	113.7	83.6	47.1	357
GeForce RTX 4090	$1,620	0.103	41	0.496	10	166.7	139.2	87.4	336
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	$1,399	0.089	42	0.289	36	124.3	92.5	53.3	431

Thank you for putting that together, that's quite a list.

 

[mitch074]

But, you know what, for you forum regulars that care, here's the full list of the past two generations, sorted by "best FPS per dollar at 1080p" using the best Prime Day pricing we could find. Obviously, a lot of the previous gen cards have some stupidly high prices, but we'll just ignore those. Also, as noted above, some of these results are older and using my previous "dying" 13900K, which in some cases was slightly slower than the new chip I think. (Or maybe that was just driver and game update differences.) Grains of salt in other words, and maybe a slightly higher ~3% margin of error on previous gen performance.

Graphics Card	Price	FPS/$	Val Rank	FPS/W	Eff Rank	1080p	1440p	4K	Power
Intel Arc A580	$160	0.307	1	0.255	42	49.1	34.6		193
Intel Arc A750	$180	0.295	2	0.265	41	53.2	38.4	19.2	201
Radeon RX 6750 XT	$270	0.259	3	0.274	38	69.8	48.3	24.9	255
Radeon RX 6600	$180	0.239	5	0.309	31	42.9	27.8	11.9	139
Radeon RX 6800	$340	0.238	6	0.353	18	80.9	57.9	30.8	229
GeForce RTX 4060	$280	0.236	7	0.523	7	66.0	44.5	22.2	126
Radeon RX 6700 XT	$280	0.234	8	0.303	34	65.5	45.1	23.4	216
Radeon RX 6650 XT	$219	0.234	9	0.308	32	51.2	33.8		167
Radeon RX 7700 XT	$360	0.233	10	0.355	17	83.7	60.4	31.5	236
Radeon RX 6600 XT	$220	0.224	11	0.323	22	49.3	32.2		153
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti	$370	0.221	12	0.577	3	81.6	55.2	28.1	142
Radeon RX 7600	$250	0.221	13	0.352	19	55.1	35.9	14.8	157
Intel Arc A770 16GB	$270	0.218	14	0.278	37	58.8	43.5		211
GeForce RTX 3050	$185	0.215	15	0.318	26	39.7	27.1	13.8	125
Radeon RX 7800 XT	$450	0.212	16	0.383	12	95.2	70.2	37.9	249
Radeon RX 7600 XT	$285	0.211	17	0.317	27	60.1	40.3	19.9	190
GeForce RTX 3060	$260	0.209	18	0.340	20	54.4	37.9	20.1	160
Radeon RX 6800 XT	$440	0.208	19	0.310	30	91.7	67.1	35.8	296
GeForce RTX 4070 Super	$570	0.205	20	0.578	1	116.8	84.5	46.1	202
GeForce RTX 4070	$500	0.204	21	0.547	5	101.9	73.5	38.9	186
Radeon RX 6950 XT	$500	0.201	22	0.311	29	100.5	74.2	40.2	323
Radeon RX 7900 GRE	$525	0.196	23	0.390	11	103.1	76.7	40.8	264
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB	$420	0.194	24	0.540	6	81.4	56.1	29.2	151
Radeon RX 6700 10GB	$300	0.194	25	0.307	33	58.1	38.9	18.7	189
Intel Arc A380	$100	0.190	26	0.272	40	19.0			70
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	$395	0.183	27	0.356	16	72.1	49.9	25.3	202
Radeon RX 7900 XT	$650	0.181	28	0.382	13	117.5	89.2	49.3	308
Radeon RX 6900 XT	$536	0.180	29	0.322	23	96.8	71.0	38.2	301
GeForce RTX 3070	$453	0.178	30	0.372	15	80.8	56.2	28.9	217
GeForce RTX 3080	$579	0.177	31	0.320	24	102.5	74.8	40.5	320
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	$710	0.175	32	0.520	8	124.1	90.6	50.4	239
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super	$760	0.172	33	0.506	9	130.6	97.8	55.1	258
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	$500	0.171	34	0.311	28	85.6	60.0	31.3	275
GeForce RTX 4080 Super	$965	0.152	35	0.577	2	146.3	112.7	65.4	254
GeForce RTX 4080	$950	0.151	36	0.557	4	143.5	110.0	63.6	257
GeForce RTX 3080 12GB	$740	0.150	37	0.294	35	111.1	81.5	45.9	377
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	$870	0.148	38	0.372	14	128.8	100.5	58.1	346
GeForce RTX 3090	$930	0.125	39	0.330	21	116.3	85.7	48.9	353
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	$915	0.124	40	0.319	25	113.7	83.6	47.1	357
GeForce RTX 4090	$1,620	0.103	41	0.496	10	166.7	139.2	87.4	336
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	$1,399	0.089	42	0.289	36	124.3	92.5	53.3	431

OK ! Thanks. I think I'll keep recommending the 6600 for people who want a good 1080P card without breaking the bank and without compatibility problems. The Intel cards are becoming more and more attractive though.