Best GPU under $300
The strongest graphics card you can buy without going over $300, judged at 1080p.
No graphics card currently meets the eligibility rules for this category.
Nothing meets this rule today. The rule is: Cards priced at $300 or below only. 45% performance index at 1080p, 35% performance per dollar, 20% VRAM headroom. At current prices no card in production qualifies, and the rule is not relaxed to fill the page. These are the cheapest cards CompareYourGPU tracks instead, in price order. They are not picks and they are not ranked.
If your budget is below these prices, the realistic options are a used or previous-generation card, or waiting to see whether prices move. Each has trade-offs: a used card carries no warranty and an older one can miss current upscaling support, while waiting is a bet that nobody can promise. The budget buying guide sets those trade-offs out in full.
Other categories
The same database, weighted for a different priority. Expect different winners.
- Best GPU overallCurrently the RTX 5090
- Best value GPUCurrently the RX 9070
- Best budget GPUNo eligible card
- Best GPU under $400Currently the Arc B570
- Best GPU under $500Currently the Arc B580
- Best GPU for 1080p gamingCurrently the RX 9070
- Best GPU for 1440p gamingCurrently the RTX 5090
- Best GPU for 4K gamingCurrently the RTX 5090
- Fastest GPUCurrently the RTX 5090
- Best GPU for ray tracingCurrently the RTX 5090
- Most efficient GPUCurrently the RX 9070
- Best GPU for VRAMCurrently the RTX 5090