Best GPU overall
The card that holds up best across performance, memory, features and efficiency without being judged purely on price.
See all picks and reasoningBest graphics cards by category
Ten categories, each applying a different weighting to the same data. Nothing here is a hand-written list of favourites: every pick is computed from the GPU database at build time, so correcting a specification or adding a card changes the rankings automatically.
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Best value GPU
The most performance per dollar, with a floor on memory capacity so the answer is not simply the cheapest card on the list.
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The strongest option for a build where the graphics card has to stay under $350.
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The strongest graphics card you can buy without going over $300, judged at 1080p.
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The strongest graphics card you can buy without going over $400, judged at 1080p.
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The strongest graphics card you can buy without going over $500, judged at 1440p.
See all picks and reasoningBest GPU for 1080p gaming
Enough performance for a high-refresh 1080p display without paying for headroom you cannot use at this resolution.
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The resolution most high-refresh gaming monitors run at, and the one where the performance and price curves meet most usefully.
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4K is where memory bandwidth and capacity stop being theoretical. This category weights both heavily.
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Raw speed at 4K, price disregarded entirely.
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Ray tracing punishes weak dedicated hardware. This ranks on ray-traced performance with a check that the card can also hold up in rasterisation.
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For small cases, quiet builds and systems where the power supply is not being replaced.
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For texture-heavy games, high-resolution displays and anyone who intends to keep the card for a long time.
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Why the categories disagree with each other
A card that wins one category will often place low in another, and that is the point.
“Best overall” barely weights price, so it favours complete, expensive products. “Best value” weights price heavily, so it favours cards that punch above their cost and frequently picks something several hundred dollars cheaper. Neither is wrong; they answer different questions.
The ranking rule for each category is printed at the top of its page, in the same words as the calculation that produced it. If you disagree with the weighting, the methodology page sets out exactly what each criterion measures so you can adjust for your own priorities.