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Performance ratings

Calculations are based on gaming, 3DMark and Unigine test results. The calculation method is described here.

You may have noticed our ratings have changed a bit. Now we only have two: capability and usability. The capability rating compares each graphics card with GeForce GT 430 which is considered a baseline, or 100%. The rating is based on both synthetic and gaming results and shows, as the name implies, what a product is capable of.

The usability rating is obtained by dividing each card's capability rating by its price. It basically shows whether a given product is over or underpriced, considering what it can do, and thus how reasonable it is to buy it.

Below are two tables sorted by different ratings.

Sorted by capability (high to low)


# Card Capability rating Usability rating Approx. price, USD
01 2xASUS Ares II 2x3072MB, 1100/1100/6600 1710 51 3330
02 ASUS Ares II 2x3072MB, 1100/1100/6600 1340 80 1665
03 GTX 680 SLI 2x2048MB, 1000-1100/6000 1310 125 1050
04 GTX 690 2x2048MB, 914-1014/6000 1240 119 1044
05 HD 7990 2x3072MB, 1000/1000/6000 1180 107 1100
06 GTX Titan 6144MB, 837-876/6000 1040 94 1106
07 GTX 780 3072MB, 863-900/6000 970 129 750
08 HD 7970 GHz 3072MB, o/c 1100/1100/6600 880 154 570
09 GTX 770 2048MB, 1046-1075/7000 850 170 500
10 GTX 680 4096MB, 1071-1200/6000 840 147 570
11 HD 7970 GHz 3072MB, 1050/1050/6000 830 176 472
12 GTX 680 2048MB, 1000-1100/6000 790 150 525
13 HD 7970 3072MB, 925/925/5500 740 154 480
14 GTX 670 2048MB, 915-1030/6000 720 177 407
15 GTX 660 Ti 2048MB, o/c 1100-1200/6400 690 216 320
16 HD 7950 3072MB, 800/800/5000 640 179 358
17 GTX 660 Ti 2048MB, 915-1030/6000 630 203 310
18 GTX 660 2048MB, o/c 1088-1190/6300 610 277 220
19 HD 7870 2048MB, 975/975/6000 580 239 243
20 HD 7870 2048MB, 1000/1000/4800 570 235 243
21 HD 7850 2048MB, o/c 1020/1020/5600 540 263 205
22 GTX 660 2048MB, 993-1053/6000 530 248 214
23 HD 7850 2048MB, 860/860/4800 480 240 200
24 GTX 650 Ti Boost 2048MB, 980-1033/6000 460 258 178
25 HD 7850 1024MB, 900/900/4800 450 257 175
26 HD 7790 1024MB, o/c 1075/1075/6600 390 238 164
27 HD 7790 1024MB, 1000/1000/6000 370 230 161
28 GTX 650 Ti 2048MB, 925/925/5400 350 224 156
29 HD 7770 1024MB, 1000/1000/4500 290 238 122
30 GTX 550 Ti 1024MB, 900/1800/4000 270 250 108
31 GTX 650 1024MB, 1110/1110/5000 240 198 121
32 HD 7750 1024MB, 800/800/4500 230 235 98
33 GT 640 2048MB, 900/900/1782 180 207 87
34 HD 6670 1024MB, 800/800/4000 160 182 88
35 HD 6570 1024MB 650/650/2000 110 193 57
36 GT 630 2048MB, 800/1600/1334 100 156 64

Sorted by usability (high to low)


# Card Usability rating Capability rating Approx. price, USD
01 GTX 660 2048MB, o/c 1088-1190/6300 277 610 220
02 HD 7850 2048MB, o/c 1020/1020/5600 263 540 205
03 GTX 650 Ti Boost 2048MB, 980-1033/6000 258 460 178
04 HD 7850 1024MB, 900/900/4800 257 450 175
05 GTX 550 Ti 1024MB, 900/1800/4000 250 270 108
06 GTX 660 2048MB, 993-1053/6000 248 530 214
07 HD 7850 2048MB, 860/860/4800 240 480 200
08 HD 7870 2048MB, 975/975/6000 239 580 243
09 HD 7790 1024MB, o/c 1075/1075/6600 238 390 164
10 HD 7770 1024MB, 1000/1000/4500 238 290 122
11 HD 7750 1024MB, 800/800/4500 235 230 98
12 HD 7870 2048MB, 1000/1000/4800 235 570 243
13 HD 7790 1024MB, 1000/1000/6000 230 370 161
14 GTX 650 Ti 2048MB, 925/925/5400 224 350 156
15 GTX 660 Ti 2048MB, o/c 1100-1200/6400 216 690 320
16 GT 640 2048MB, 900/900/1782 207 180 87
17 GTX 660 Ti 2048MB, 915-1030/6000 203 630 310
18 GTX 650 1024MB, 1110/1110/5000 198 240 121
19 HD 6570 1024MB 650/650/2000 193 110 57
20 HD 6670 1024MB, 800/800/4000 182 160 88
21 HD 7950 3072MB, 800/800/5000 179 640 358
22 GTX 670 2048MB, 915-1030/6000 177 720 407
23 HD 7970 GHz 3072MB, 1050/1050/6000 176 830 472
24 GTX 770 2048MB, 1046-1075/7000 170 850 500
25 GT 630 2048MB, 800/1600/1334 156 100 64
26 HD 7970 GHz 3072MB, o/c 1100/1100/6600 154 880 570
27 HD 7970 3072MB, 925/925/5500 154 740 480
28 GTX 680 2048MB, 1000-1100/6000 150 790 525
29 GTX 680 4096MB, 1071-1200/6000 147 840 570
30 GTX 780 3072MB, 863-900/6000 129 970 750
31 GTX 680 SLI 2x2048MB, 1000-1100/6000 125 1310 1050
32 GTX 690 2x2048MB, 914-1014/6000 119 1240 1044
33 HD 7990 2x3072MB, 1000/1000/6000 107 1180 1100
34 GTX Titan 6144MB, 837-876/6000 94 1040 1106
35 ASUS Ares II 2x3072MB, 1100/1100/6600 80 1340 1665
36 2xASUS Ares II 2x3072MB, 1100/1100/6600 51 1710 3330

Top solutions like ASUS Ares II, Radeon HD 79xx, GeForce GTX Titan, GTX 780/770/690/680/670 should only be considered in terms of their capability ratings, because they are made for enthusiasts willing to spend no matter how much to get the best performance.

For other graphics cards, price plays a more important role, and the lower the product category the more critical the price is. You can see that overclocked variants occupy leading spots in the Usability Rating. Note: Remember that for our calculations we assume that prices for regular and overclocked variants are the same. The reason is that 90% of graphics cards can be overclocked rather easily.

This time NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon HD 7850, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost have the best price/performance ratio and are the best buy.

We express gratitude to AMD, ASUS, Chaintech, Corsair, Gainward, HIS, KFA2, MSI, NVIDIA, OCZ Technology, Palit, Sapphire Technology, Seagate, TUL (PowerColor), XFX, Zotac.


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