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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.

How this is ranked: 80% performance per dollar at 1440p, 20% VRAM headroom. Cards with under 8 GB of memory are excluded. Only cards still in production are eligible. Price-based elements use each card's verified current price.

Rank 1
Top pickAMD$814Category score 72/100

AMD Radeon RX 9070

The efficiency pick of the RDNA 4 range. It gives up some performance to the XT but drops 84 W of board power, and it keeps the full 16 GB memory pool, which is its main advantage over the similarly priced RTX 5070.

  • 6.8 performance index points per $100 at 1440p.
  • $814 current price.
  • Estimated 100-145 FPS at 1440p in a typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling. Modelled estimate, not a measurement.
  • 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus.

Strengths

  • 16 GB of VRAM at a mid-range price
  • 220 W is notably efficient for this performance level
  • Same FSR 4 and ray tracing improvements as the XT

Trade-offs

  • Noticeably slower than the XT for a small price difference
  • Ray tracing trails NVIDIA cards at the same price
  • FSR 4 game support is still growing

Cheaper alternative: Arc B580 at $435

More powerful: RX 9070 XT at $988

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Rank 2
AMD$988Category score 68/100

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

AMD's fastest RDNA 4 card and the strongest argument for Radeon at the high end: 16 GB of memory and rasterisation performance that trades blows with far more expensive NVIDIA cards. Ray tracing improved sharply this generation but still trails NVIDIA at the same price.

  • 6.4 performance index points per $100 at 1440p.
  • $988 current price.
  • Estimated 115-165 FPS at 1440p in a typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling. Modelled estimate, not a measurement.
  • 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus.

Strengths

  • 16 GB of VRAM as standard, with real headroom at 1440p and 4K
  • Rasterisation performance well above its price tier
  • FSR 4 brings AMD's upscaling much closer to DLSS in image quality

Trade-offs

  • 304 W is high for the performance tier
  • Ray tracing still trails equivalently priced NVIDIA cards
  • FSR 4 support depends on the game, and the catalogue is smaller than DLSS

Cheaper alternative: RX 9070 at $814

More powerful: RTX 5070 Ti at $1,510

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Rank 3
Intel$435Category score 61/100

Intel Arc B580

The most memory you can buy at this price: 12 GB on a 192-bit bus for entry-level money. Ray tracing is respectable for the tier, but the card needs Resizable BAR to perform as intended, and driver maturity varies more than it does on NVIDIA or AMD.

  • 6.2 performance index points per $100 at 1440p.
  • $435 current price.
  • Estimated 50-70 FPS at 1440p in a typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling. Modelled estimate, not a measurement.
  • 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus.

Strengths

  • 12 GB of VRAM and 456 GB/s of bandwidth at an entry-level price
  • Ray tracing performance is competitive with cards costing more
  • AV1 encode and decode, plus VVC decode

Trade-offs

  • Requires Resizable BAR; performance drops sharply on platforms without it
  • Driver behaviour in older titles is less consistent than the competition
  • 190 W is high for the performance it delivers

Cheaper alternative: Arc B570 at $352

More powerful: RTX 5060 at $502

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