GPU Tier List 2027
Six bands, from S at the top to F at the bottom. Next to every card is the share of PC games whose publisher-recommended graphics card it matches or beats — a plain measure of how much of the library it runs as intended.
- S 4K with ray tracing switched on index 70–100 · 3 cards
- A high-refresh 1440p, and 4K with upscaling index 50–67 · 20 cards
- B 1440p at high settings index 32–49 · 24 cards
- C 1080p at high settings index 18–31 · 42 cards
- D 1080p at medium settings index 8–17 · 44 cards
- F older and lighter games index 1–7 · 46 cards
S tier: 4K with ray tracing switched on
Even the slowest card in this band meets the recommended graphics card of 100% of the games we track. Launch prices ran from $999 to $1999.
A tier: high-refresh 1440p, and 4K with upscaling
Even the slowest card in this band meets the recommended graphics card of 100% of the games we track. Launch prices ran from $549 to $1999.
- AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 67 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 66 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 64 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 61 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 60 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 59 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 58 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 57 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT 55 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 55 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop 55 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 54 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 53 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 9070 53 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 52 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB 52 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop 52 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 52 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 50 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 50 runs 100%
B tier: 1440p at high settings
Even the slowest card in this band meets the recommended graphics card of 97% of the games we track. Launch prices ran from $299 to $999.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 49 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 49 runs 98%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop 49 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 47 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 6800 44 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 43 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 42 runs 98%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop 42 runs 98%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop 41 runs 100%
- AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 41 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 40 runs 98%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 39 runs 100%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 39 runs 97%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB 38 runs 97%
- AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT 38 runs 99%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 35 runs 97%
- AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 35 runs 99%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop 34 runs 99%
- AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB 34 runs 99%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB 34 runs 99%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 34 runs 97%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 33 runs 97%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 32 runs 97%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 32 runs 97%
C tier: 1080p at high settings
Even the slowest card in this band meets the recommended graphics card of 85% of the games we track. Launch prices ran from $179 to $699.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop 31 runs 96%
- AMD Radeon RX 6700 10GB 31 runs 96%
- AMD Radeon VII 31 runs 99%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 30 runs 96%
- Intel Arc B580 30 runs 98%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 30 runs 96%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop 30 runs 96%
- AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 30 runs 96%
- AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 29 runs 98%
- AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 28 runs 96%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 27 runs 96%
- AMD Radeon RX 7600 27 runs 96%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 27 runs 98%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 27 runs 96%
- AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 27 runs 96%
- AMD Radeon RX 5700 27 runs 96%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 26 runs 93%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 26 runs 93%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop 26 runs 93%
- Intel Arc B570 26 runs 93%
- Intel Arc A770 16GB 26 runs 94%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 25 runs 93%
- AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 25 runs 93%
- Intel Arc A770 8GB 25 runs 93%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 24 runs 93%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 24 runs 93%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 23 runs 93%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 23 runs 88%
- AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 23 runs 88%
- Intel Arc A750 23 runs 93%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 23 runs 88%
- AMD Radeon RX 6600 23 runs 93%
- AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 22 runs 89%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 21 runs 88%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 21 runs 84%
- AMD Radeon R9 Fury X 20 runs 77%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 20 runs 84%
- Intel Arc A580 20 runs 86%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 19 runs 84%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 19 runs 84%
- AMD Radeon R9 Fury 19 runs 77%
- AMD Radeon RX 590 18 runs 85%
D tier: 1080p at medium settings
Even the slowest card in this band meets the recommended graphics card of 42% of the games we track. Launch prices ran from $139 to $699.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 17 runs 84%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 17 runs 84%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 17 runs 77%
- AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB 16 runs 82%
- AMD Radeon R9 390X 16 runs 82%
- AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB 16 runs 82%
- AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB 16 runs 76%
- AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB 16 runs 82%
- AMD Radeon R9 390 16 runs 82%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 15 runs 75%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 15 runs 81%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 15 runs 75%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 15 runs 58%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Laptop 15 runs 81%
- AMD Radeon R9 290X 15 runs 75%
- AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB 14 runs 67%
- AMD Radeon R9 290 14 runs 67%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB 13 runs 62%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 13 runs 55%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 13 runs 55%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop 13 runs 62%
- AMD Radeon RX 470 13 runs 62%
- AMD Radeon 890M 13 runs 14%
- AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 12 runs 57%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 11 runs 57%
- AMD Radeon R9 380X 11 runs 57%
- AMD Radeon R9 280X 11 runs 51%
- AMD Radeon 780M 11 runs 14%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 10 runs 49%
- AMD Radeon R9 380 10 runs 49%
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 10 runs 50%
- Intel Arc A380 10 runs 55%
- Intel Arc Graphics 140V 10 runs 14%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 9 runs 45%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 9 runs 45%
- AMD Radeon R9 280 9 runs 47%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 9 runs 51%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 9 runs 45%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Laptop 9 runs 51%
- AMD Radeon RX 6400 9 runs 51%
- AMD Radeon HD 7950 9 runs 47%
- AMD Radeon 760M 9 runs 13%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 8 runs 42%
- AMD Radeon R9 270X 8 runs 42%
F tier: older and lighter games
Even the slowest card in this band meets the recommended graphics card of 12% of the games we track. Launch prices ran from $45 to $349.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 7 runs 41%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 7 runs 41%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 7 runs 41%
- AMD Radeon RX 560 7 runs 42%
- AMD Radeon R7 370 7 runs 41%
- AMD Radeon HD 7870 7 runs 41%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 6 runs 38%
- AMD Radeon RX 460 6 runs 38%
- AMD Radeon HD 7850 6 runs 38%
- Intel Arc A310 6 runs 39%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 5 runs 31%
- AMD Radeon R7 360 5 runs 31%
- AMD Radeon R7 260X 5 runs 31%
- Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU 5 runs 11%
- AMD Radeon RX 550 5 runs 31%
- AMD Radeon HD 7770 5 runs 27%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 5 runs 27%
- AMD Radeon HD 6950 5 runs 31%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 4 runs 22%
- AMD Radeon Vega 8 4 runs 10%
- AMD Radeon HD 6870 4 runs 22%
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 3 runs 23%
- AMD Radeon R7 250 3 runs 22%
- Intel UHD Graphics 770 3 runs 10%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 3 runs 22%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 3 runs 22%
- Intel UHD Graphics 630 2 runs 10%
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 2 runs 20%
- AMD Radeon HD 5770 2 runs 19%
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 2 runs 20%
- AMD Radeon HD 4870 2 runs 19%
- Intel HD Graphics 4600 2 runs 10%
- AMD Radeon HD 6570 2 runs 19%
- AMD Radeon R7 240 2 runs 20%
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 2 runs 19%
- NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 2 runs 19%
- AMD Radeon HD 4850 2 runs 19%
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 1 runs 7%
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 1 runs 13%
- AMD Radeon R5 230 1 runs 12%
- NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS 1 runs 12%
- NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 1 runs 12%
- AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT 1 runs 12%
- ATI Radeon X800 1 runs 12%
- ATI Radeon 9600 1 runs 12%
- ATI Radeon X1600 XT 1 runs 12%
Most index for the launch price
Desktop cards from 2021 onward, ranked by index points per $100 of launch price.
| Card | Index | Launch price | Per $100 | Games at recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Arc B580 | 30 | $249 | 12.0 | 98% |
| Intel Arc B570 | 26 | $219 | 11.9 | 93% |
| Intel Arc A580 | 20 | $179 | 11.2 | 86% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | 32 | $299 | 10.7 | 97% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 | 26 | $249 | 10.4 | 93% |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 27 | $269 | 10.0 | 96% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB | 38 | $379 | 10.0 | 97% |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 60 | $599 | 10.0 | 100% |
| AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB | 34 | $349 | 9.7 | 99% |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 | 53 | $549 | 9.7 | 100% |
About this ranking
Which is the fastest graphics card in 2027?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, with 32 GB of memory. It sets 100 on our index; every other card is scored against it.
How are the tiers cut?
By index band, and each band maps to a target: S for 4K with ray tracing switched on; A for high-refresh 1440p, and 4K with upscaling; B for 1440p at high settings; C for 1080p at high settings; D for 1080p at medium settings; F for older and lighter games.
Which card gives the most performance for its launch price?
Among cards from the last few years, the Intel Arc B580: 12.0 index points per $100 at a $249 launch price. Street prices move, so compare against what it sells for today.
What is the strongest card under $350?
By launch price, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB — index 34, 16 GB.
Why did a card's index go down?
The index is relative to the fastest card we track. When a faster flagship arrives the scale stretches and every other card is re-scored; the card itself is as fast as it was.
The slowest card that still meets every tracked game's recommended graphics card is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB.