In 2011 I wrote about graphics cards on my old blog (in Dutch): which card you need for office work, for games and for video editing, with a list of the speed of laptop graphics chips. This is the updated version for 2026: first my advice per use, with today's prices, and then one big table with the speed of 157 graphics cards, from the 2008 GeForce 9650M to the RTX 5090.

Note: graphics cards are very expensive in 2026. Because of the huge demand for chips and memory for AI, shop prices are far above the list price at launch. The RTX 5070 had a list price of $549 (excluding tax) and now costs at least £679.99 in the UK. For the RTX 5090 the difference is absurd: a $1,999 list price, but the cheapest one I found on idealo.co.uk costs £7,333.90.

Further down there is also a price-performance chart: how much speed you get per pound. The prices below are the lowest UK prices I found on idealo.co.uk on November 13, 2026. Under “Prices in other countries” you can compare them with the Netherlands (Tweakers), Spain, Germany and France. The PassMark score is the G3D Mark: the higher, the faster.

1. Office, internet and watching video: no separate card needed

For email, Office, browsing, video up to 4K and two or three monitors you don't need a separate graphics card. Every recent Intel or AMD processor has a built-in (integrated) graphics chip that handles all of that smoothly. That saves money, power and noise.

Built-in chips have also become much faster in recent years. The Radeon 780M in many laptops with an AMD Ryzen is as fast as a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, a popular gaming card from 2016. And the Radeon 8060S in the new Ryzen AI Max even reaches the level of a laptop RTX 4060. So light and older games run fine on them.

2. Gaming in Full HD (1080p)

For recent games on a Full HD monitor, with high settings and smooth frame rates:

CardVRAMPassMarkPrice fromList price
Intel Arc B580Intel Arc B580ASRock Challenger12 GB16,102
£349.25UK
Prices in other countries
$ 249
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060ASUS Dual OC8 GB20,584
£349.99UK
Prices in other countries
$ 299
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBSapphire Pulse16 GB20,140
£499.99UK
Prices in other countries
$ 349
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBASUS Dual OC16 GB22,629
£649.99UK
Prices in other countries
$ 429

Click a photo for that card’s official site.

My pick is the Radeon RX 9060 XT with 16 GB: fast enough, with enough memory for the coming years. If you prefer NVIDIA, for DLSS and better support in video software, take the RTX 5060 Ti with 16 GB. On a tighter budget, the Intel Arc B580 with 12 GB is a good buy. The RTX 5060 is fast and good value, but has only 8 GB of memory. According to ComputerBase that is too little for new games in 2026, even at Full HD.

3. Gaming at 1440p (WQHD)

A 1440p monitor shows more detail, but gives your card more work:

CardVRAMPassMarkPrice fromList price
AMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon RX 9070Gigabyte Gaming OC16 GB25,363
£699.99UK
Prices in other countries
$ 549
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070Gigabyte Eagle OC SFF12 GB28,683
£679.99UK
Prices in other countries
$ 549
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XTAMD Radeon RX 9070 XTGigabyte Gaming OC16 GB26,923
£749.99UK
Prices in other countries
$ 599
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TiPNY16 GB32,335
£999.95UK
Prices in other countries
$ 749

Click a photo for that card’s official site.

Here the Radeon RX 9070 is my pick: in PassMark slightly slower than the RTX 5070, but cheaper and with 16 GB of memory instead of 12 GB. The RX 9070 XT is a bit faster for about £50 more. ComputerBase also ends up with the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT as the best buys for 1440p in its gaming tests. The RTX 5070 Ti is the fastest of the four, but also a lot more expensive.

4. Gaming in 4K

CardVRAMPassMarkPrice fromList price
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080Gigabyte Windforce OC SFF16 GB35,653
£1,349.99UK
Prices in other countries
$ 999
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090MSI Ventus 3X OC32 GB39,017
£7,333.90UK
Prices in other countries
$ 1,999

Click a photo for that card’s official site.

For 4K you don't necessarily need the most expensive card: according to ComputerBase the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT also give the most frames per euro at 4K, especially with FSR 4. If you want every setting maxed out and the best ray tracing, you end up with NVIDIA. The RTX 5080 is already very expensive. Today the RTX 5090 only makes sense if you earn money with it, for example with 3D work or AI. If you game in 4K, DLSS (see the tips below) also helps a lot with a smaller card.

5. Video editing, photos and AI

  • NVIDIA still has the edge here. Programs like DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro and Blender make the best use of the computing power of NVIDIA cards (CUDA).
  • AV1 video: all recent cards (NVIDIA RTX 40 and 50, AMD RX 7000 and 9000, Intel Arc) can encode video in AV1, the efficient format used by YouTube and Netflix. Handy for streaming or exporting videos quickly.
  • AI on your own PC: if you want to run AI models yourself, the amount of memory (VRAM) on the card matters most. An RTX 5060 Ti with 16 GB is the most affordable way in.

My tips

  • Get at least 12 GB, preferably 16 GB of memory (VRAM). New games use more and more memory. An 8 GB card is cheaper, but won't last as long.
  • Check your power supply. Every manufacturer gives a recommended wattage for the whole PC. For NVIDIA, for example, that's 650 W for the RTX 5070, 750 W for the RTX 5070 Ti, 850 W for the RTX 5080 and 1000 W for the RTX 5090.
  • Measure your case. Fast cards are often more than 30 cm long and three slots thick.
  • Use upscaling. With DLSS (NVIDIA), FSR (AMD) and XeSS (Intel) your card renders the image at a lower resolution and enlarges it smartly. That gives many more frames per second without much visible difference. The newest features, like DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation and AMD's FSR 4, only work on RTX 50 and RX 9000 cards.
  • Pair it with a matching CPU. A fast card in a PC with a slow processor won't reach its full speed. In How fast is your CPU? you can see how your CPU scores, and Build your own PC has complete examples.
  • Consider second-hand. With today's high prices, a card from one or two generations back, like an RTX 3060 12GB or RX 6700 XT, is often a good buy.

Price-performance: how much speed do you get per pound?

The German tech site ComputerBase tracks how many frames per second you get in games for every euro you spend on a graphics card. I do the same with the PassMark score and the lowest UK price on idealo.co.uk: the more points per pound, the more speed you get for your money. I also work out roughly what an hour of gaming costs in electricity.

NVIDIAAMDIntel8 GB: too little for new games

Prices: lowest UK price on idealo.co.uk on November 13, 2026. Electricity: the card's maximum power draw at £0.25 per kWh. In practice a card usually uses a bit less in games.

What does this tell you?

  • Cheaper cards almost always give more speed per pound. But a cheap card isn't always fast enough: for 1440p or 4K you simply need more points, even if each point costs more.
  • 8 GB cards score well per pound, but I advise against them. ComputerBase also finds 8 GB too little for new games in 2026, even at Full HD. You don't see that in the score, but you do in stuttering and blurry textures.
  • The best buys with enough memory: the Intel Arc B570 (10 GB) and B580 (12 GB) for Full HD, the Radeon RX 9070 GRE (12 GB) and the Radeon RX 9070 (16 GB) for 1440p. In ComputerBase's real gaming tests, the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT give the most frames per euro at 1440p and 4K, ray tracing included.
  • Above £800 you get less and less for your money. In the UK an RTX 5080 costs almost twice as much as an RX 9070 XT and is only a third faster. The RTX 5090 barely reaches 5 points per pound. ComputerBase calls the RTX 5070 Ti, 5080 and 5090 too expensive for people who only game.
  • Also compare with German web shops. At the end of September an RX 9070 cost €649 in Germany according to ComputerBase. In the UK you pay at least £699.99 today (idealo.co.uk). So have a look at geizhals.de too, but check shipping costs and warranty.
  • Electricity makes little difference. An hour of gaming costs between roughly 3 and 15 pence. If you play 3 hours every day, an RTX 5090 costs about £115 a year more than an RX 9060 XT.

How to read the table

  • PassMark score: the G3D Mark from PassMark, a test that measures how fast a graphics card draws 3D images. It is the average of thousands of PCs. The higher, the faster.
  • Type: desktop (a separate card in a PC), laptop (a separate graphics chip in a laptop) or integrated (built into the processor).
  • Year: roughly the year the card came on the market.
  • TDP: roughly how much power the card uses, in watts. For laptops it's the maximum: many laptops give the same chip less power, and then it's slower too.
  • Orange bar: the card scores below 10,000 points. With that you can only play recent games on low settings.

The table: 157 NVIDIA, AMD and Intel graphics cards

If your graphics card is not listed, or you want to find its score quickly, look it up in the search box. You always get the PassMark score, also for cards that are not in the table. You can also paste the full name as Windows shows it, e.g. "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU".

# Type TDP (W)
1NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090DesktopDesktop202539,017575
2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090DesktopDesktop202238,016450
3NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080DesktopDesktop202535,653360
4NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080DesktopDesktop202234,444320
5NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TiDesktopDesktop202532,335300
6NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPERDesktopDesktop202431,846285
7AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXDesktopDesktop202231,478355
8NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPERDesktopDesktop202429,940220
9AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTDesktopDesktop202229,126315
10NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070DesktopDesktop202528,683250
11NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202528,432150
12AMD Radeon RX 7900 GREDesktopDesktop202327,474260
13NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202327,035150
14AMD Radeon RX 9070 XTDesktopDesktop202526,923304
15NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070DesktopDesktop202326,853200
16NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 TiDesktopDesktop202126,722350
17AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTDesktopDesktop202026,636300
18NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090DesktopDesktop202026,458350
19NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202526,329150
20AMD Radeon RX 9070DesktopDesktop202525,363220
21AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTDesktopDesktop202025,114300
22NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080DesktopDesktop202024,970320
23NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202324,742150
24AMD Radeon RX 7800 XTDesktopDesktop202324,477263
25AMD Radeon RX 9070 GREDesktopDesktop202523,263220
26AMD Radeon RX 7700 XTDesktopDesktop202322,794245
27NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBDesktopDesktop202522,629180
28NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 TiDesktopDesktop202322,597160
29NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202522,538115
30NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GBDesktopDesktop202322,517165
31NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070DesktopDesktop202022,058220
32AMD Radeon RX 6800DesktopDesktop202022,044250
33NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GBDesktopDesktop202521,785180
34NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 TiDesktopDesktop201821,398250
35NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060DesktopDesktop202520,584145
36NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TiDesktopDesktop202020,209200
37AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBDesktopDesktop202520,140160
38AMD Radeon RX 6700 XTDesktopDesktop202119,710230
39AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GBDesktopDesktop202519,696150
40NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060DesktopDesktop202319,475115
41NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202319,465115
42NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202519,167100
43NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TiDesktopDesktop201718,598250
44AMD Radeon 8060SIntegratedIntegrated202518,030–
45NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202317,308115
46AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTDesktopDesktop202217,099176
47NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202516,783100
48NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050DesktopDesktop202516,709130
49NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GBDesktopDesktop202116,697170
50NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPERDesktopDesktop201916,451175
51AMD Radeon RX 6600 XTDesktopDesktop202116,449160
52AMD Radeon RX 7600DesktopDesktop202316,427165
53AMD Radeon VIIDesktopDesktop201916,171300
54Intel Arc B580DesktopDesktop202416,102190
55NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070DesktopDesktop201816,054175
56AMD Radeon RX 5700 XTDesktopDesktop201916,018225
57NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080DesktopDesktop201615,607180
58AMD Radeon RX 6600DesktopDesktop202115,033132
59NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202314,194115
60Intel Arc B570DesktopDesktop202514,184150
61NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060DesktopDesktop201914,069160
62NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202513,942100
63AMD Radeon RX Vega 64DesktopDesktop201713,829295
64NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiDesktopDesktop201513,607250
65NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070DesktopDesktop201613,511150
66Intel Arc A770DesktopDesktop202213,379225
67NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop202113,092115
68NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPERDesktopDesktop201912,654125
69Intel Arc A750DesktopDesktop202212,632225
70NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TiDesktopDesktop201912,546120
71NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GBDesktopDesktop202212,454130
72NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980DesktopDesktop201411,071165
73NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060DesktopDesktop201610,011120
74NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970DesktopDesktop20149,635145
75NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPULaptopLaptop20219,50175
76NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiDesktopDesktop20139,475250
77AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTDesktopDesktop20199,037130
78Intel Arc B390IntegratedIntegrated20269,017–
79AMD Radeon RX 580DesktopDesktop20178,782185
80AMD Radeon RX 480DesktopDesktop20168,525150
81AMD Radeon R9 290X / 390XDesktopDesktop20138,380290
82AMD Radeon 890MIntegratedIntegrated20248,062–
83NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780DesktopDesktop20137,977250
84AMD Radeon RX 470/570DesktopDesktop20167,904120
85NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650DesktopDesktop20197,86275
86AMD Radeon 780MIntegratedIntegrated20236,721–
87Intel Arc 140TIntegratedIntegrated20256,574–
88NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TiDesktopDesktop20166,36975
89NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680DesktopDesktop20125,616195
90Intel Arc GraphicsIntegratedIntegrated20235,478–
91AMD Radeon 760MIntegratedIntegrated20235,288–
92AMD Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280XDesktopDesktop20115,248250
93Intel Arc 140VIntegratedIntegrated20245,149–
94NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580DesktopDesktop20104,639244
95Intel Arc 130VIntegratedIntegrated20244,519–
96AMD Radeon 680MIntegratedIntegrated20224,458–
97NVIDIA GeForce MX550LaptopLaptop20224,326–
98NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480DesktopDesktop20104,078250
99NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 TiDesktopDesktop20143,90160
100NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965MLaptopLaptop20153,88760
101NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880MLaptopLaptop20143,885130
102NVIDIA GeForce MX450LaptopLaptop20203,711–
103NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870MLaptopLaptop20143,571110
104NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960MLaptopLaptop20153,37165
105NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MLaptopLaptop20123,278100
106AMD Radeon HD 6970DesktopDesktop20102,826250
107NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770MLaptopLaptop20132,79375
108NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950MLaptopLaptop20152,58575
109Intel Iris XeIntegratedIntegrated20202,585–
110AMD Radeon HD 5870DesktopDesktop20092,179188
111Intel UHD Graphics 770IntegratedIntegrated20211,908–
112NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580MLaptopLaptop20111,851100
113NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570MLaptopLaptop20111,84875
114NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MLaptopLaptop20121,834100
115NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MLaptopLaptop20121,71275
116Intel Iris Plus 650IntegratedIntegrated20171,604–
117AMD Radeon Vega 8IntegratedIntegrated20181,560–
118AMD Radeon HD 4890DesktopDesktop20091,544190
119NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285DesktopDesktop20091,450204
120NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660MLaptopLaptop20121,43850
121AMD Radeon HD 4870DesktopDesktop20081,386150
122NVIDIA GeForce GT 750MLaptopLaptop20131,33450
123NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560MLaptopLaptop20111,29475
124NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280DesktopDesktop20081,294236
125Intel Iris 540IntegratedIntegrated20151,275–
126NVIDIA GeForce GT 650MLaptopLaptop20121,17845
127Intel HD Graphics 630IntegratedIntegrated20171,110–
128Intel UHD Graphics 620IntegratedIntegrated20171,038–
129NVIDIA GeForce 930MLaptopLaptop20151,017–
130AMD Radeon HD 6770MLaptopLaptop2011964–
131AMD Radeon HD 6750MLaptopLaptop2011937–
132Intel Iris 6100IntegratedIntegrated2015893–
133Intel HD Graphics 520IntegratedIntegrated2015859–
134AMD Radeon HD 6650MLaptopLaptop2011780–
135NVIDIA GeForce GT 740MLaptopLaptop2013770–
136Intel Iris 5100IntegratedIntegrated2013739–
137NVIDIA GeForce 920MLaptopLaptop2015715–
138NVIDIA GeForce GT 555MLaptopLaptop201164730
139Intel HD Graphics 515IntegratedIntegrated2015638–
140Intel HD Graphics 510IntegratedIntegrated2015619–
141Intel HD Graphics 5500IntegratedIntegrated2015596–
142Intel HD Graphics 4400IntegratedIntegrated2013534–
143NVIDIA GeForce GT 630MLaptopLaptop201251133
144NVIDIA GeForce GT 425MLaptopLaptop201050223
145AMD Radeon HD 7670MLaptopLaptop201249620
146NVIDIA GeForce GT 540MLaptopLaptop201146632
147NVIDIA GeForce GT 525MLaptopLaptop201145020
148NVIDIA GeForce GT 710MLaptopLaptop2013418–
149AMD Radeon HD 7650MLaptopLaptop201241420
150Intel HD Graphics 5300IntegratedIntegrated2014412–
151AMD Radeon HD 6490MLaptopLaptop2011378–
152Intel HD Graphics 4000IntegratedIntegrated2012340–
153NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MLaptopLaptop201128612
154Intel HD Graphics 3000IntegratedIntegrated2011261–
155AMD Radeon HD 6480GIntegratedIntegrated2011255–
156AMD Radeon HD 6470MLaptopLaptop2011225–
157NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GTLaptopLaptop200813723
10,000 points or morebelow 10,000 points: too weak for recent games

Which graphics card do I have?

  • Windows: open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), click Performance and choose GPU. The name of your card is at the top right. If your laptop has two, you see GPU 0 (the built-in chip) and GPU 1 (the separate card).
  • Mac: click the Apple menu and choose About This Mac. Macs with an Apple chip (M1 and later) are not in the table.

Then type the name in the search box above the table. If it's not in the table, you still get its score from the full PassMark list of more than 3,000 graphics cards.

Test your own PC

Want to know what your own PC or laptop scores? You can with PassMark PerformanceTest, which you can try free for 30 days. Run the 3D Graphics Mark test and compare your score with the table.

Does NVIDIA really have 90% of the market?

Bar chart with the fastest graphics card per year from 2008 to 2026, with the market share of NVIDIA, AMD and others in each bar
The fastest card per year (height of the bar) and the market share of graphics cards for desktops shipped worldwide (Jon Peddie Research).

That depends on what you measure. The figures in this chart come from Jon Peddie Research: all graphics cards for desktop PCs shipped worldwide, including those in ready-made PCs and in China. There NVIDIA is by far the biggest: 94% at the end of 2025 and 90% in the second quarter of 2026, against 5% and 8% for AMD. Other sources paint a very different picture:

  • Separate cards in web shops: at the large German web shop Mindfactory, AMD sold 47% of all cards in June 2026, and the RX 9070 XT was the best-selling card there. In early 2026 AMD even sold more cards there than NVIDIA. And in October 2026, AMD sold more cards than NVIDIA on Amazon in the United States for the first time: about 9,200 against 8,900 (47% of all cards sold), with the RX 9070 XT as the best seller. People who buy and compare a card themselves choose AMD much more often.
  • Gamers' PCs on Steam: in May 2026, 19.1% of Steam users had an AMD graphics chip, the highest share so far.
  • All graphics chips, including built-in and laptop ones: then Intel is the biggest (56%), ahead of NVIDIA (23%) and AMD (21%), according to Jon Peddie Research for the second quarter of 2026.
Separate graphics cards: share of cards sold at Mindfactory (Germany) and, on the right, Amazon in the United States
55%40%
Jan
'25
50%48%
May
'25
65%35%
Jul
'25
66%33%
Nov
'25
55%41%
Dec
'25
63%34%
Jan
'26
61%33%
Feb
'26
49%45%
Mar
'26
43%52%
Apr
'26
44%54%
May
'26
47%51%
Jun
'26
56%39%
Aug
'26
47%46%
Oct
'26
Amazon

AMDNVIDIAIntel

Per month one week or one full month, compiled by @TechEpiphanyYT from the shops' sales lists and published by PC Games Hardware, Wccftech and ProfesionalReview. Not official figures and only one shop each time. Mindfactory sometimes runs AMD promotions, which can push AMD's share up there.

So the feeling that AMD is bigger is right: among people who buy a card themselves, like the readers of this blog, AMD is much bigger than 8%. Worldwide, including all ready-made PCs, NVIDIA remains the clear market leader.

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