*** GPU Hierarchy ***

[Armageus]

NVIDIA	AMD	INTEL	Tier - Suggested Resolution/FPS
RTX 4090			Tier A - "Elite Tier"
RTX 4080 Super RTX 4080	RX 7900XTX RX 7900XT		Tier B
RTX 4070Ti Super RTX 3090Ti RTX 4070Ti	RX 6950XT RX 7900 GRE		Tier C
RTX 3090 RTX 4070 Super RTX 3080Ti RTX 3080 (12GB) RTX 4070 RTX 3080	RX 6900XT RX 7800XT RX 6800XT		Tier D
Titan RTX RTX 3070Ti RTX 3070 RTX 2080Ti Titan V	RX 7700XT RX 6800 RX 6750XT		Tier E - 4K 60fps / 1440P 144fps PS5 Pro Equivalent (speculated)
RTX 2080 Super RTX 4060Ti RTX 3060Ti Titan Xp RTX 2080	RX 6700XT RX 7600XT		Tier F
Titan X (Pascal) GTX 1080Ti RTX 4060 RTX 2070 Super	RX 6700 RX 7600 RX 6650XT Radeon VII	Intel Arc A770 *	Tier G - 1080P 144fps XBOX Series X Equivalent
	RX 5700XT RX 6600XT	Intel Arc A750 *	Tier H
RTX 2070 RTX 3060 RTX 2060 Super			Tier I PS5 Equivalent
GTX 1080 RTX 2060 RTX 3060 (8GB)	RX 6600 RX 5700 RX Vega 64	Intel Arc A580 *	Tier J - 1440P 60fps / VR Gaming
GTX 1070Ti	RX 5600XT		Tier K
GTX 1070 GTX 1660Ti	RX Vega 56		Tier L
RTX 3050 GTX 1660 Super			Tier M
GTX Titan X (Maxwell) GTX 980Ti GTX 1660	RX 590		Tier N - 1080P 60fps - Recommended Entry Level
GTX 1650 Super GTX 980 GTX 1060 6GB GTX 690 GTX 780Ti	RX 5500XT RX 6500XT RX 580 RX 480 R9 390X R9 Fury X		Tier O Xbox One X
GTX 1060 3GB GTX Titan (Kepler) GTX 970	R9 Fury R9 Fury Nano R9 390 R9 290X RX 570		Tier P Xbox Series S Equivalent
GTX 1650	RX 6400 R9 290 RX 470	Intel Arc A380 *	Tier Q - 900P 60fps
GTX 780	HD 7990 R9 380X R9 280X HD 7970 Ghz		Tier R PS4 Pro Equivalent
GTX 770 GTX 1050Ti GTX 1630 GTX 680 GTX 960 GTX 670	HD 7970 R9 285 R9 380	Intel Arc A310 *	Tier S - 720P 60fps
GTX 760 GTX 1050 GTX 660Ti GTX 950	HD 7950 R9 280 R9 270X		Tier T
GTX 660 GTX 650Ti Boost GTX 750Ti	HD 7870 R9 270 RX 560 R7 370 RX 460 R7 265 R7 260X HD 7850 HD 7790		Tier U Xbox One S Steam Deck
GTX 650Ti GTX 750 GT 1030	RX Vega 11 (Integrated) RX 550 R7 360 HD 7770 Ghz R7 250X	Intel Iris Pro 6200 (Broadwell Integrated)	Tier V PS4 XBOX One Nintendo Switch
GTX 745 GTX 650 GT 740	RX Vega 8 (Integrated) R7 250 HD 7750	Intel UHD Graphics 770 (Alder-lake Integrated)	Tier W
GT 640 GT 635 GT 730	Ryzen 7000 2CU (Integrated) HD 7730 R5 240	Intel UHD Graphics 750 (Rocket-lake Integrated)	Tier X
GT 630 GT 720 GT 710			Tier Y
GT 620 GT 705 GT 610			Tier Z

Spoiler: notes

- "Elite Tier" is a money no object, absolute no compromise top choice (including new feature support like raytracing)
- I've attempted to take both Raster and Raytracing performance into account, although it's often incredible difficult to balance with NVIDIA cards generally faster at Raytracing, and AMD cards normally offering more raster performance
- Towards the top of the able, the gap between tiers is a lot more variable - there may only be 5% between bottom cards of one tier, and the top card from the tier below, but yet could be 20% between the top and bottom performing cards within the same tier - It's incredibly difficult to average performance out and balance this out! (Older cards were a lot more obvious, as had bigger jumps in performance, and less models/variants)
- Intel ARC Performance is incredibly variable to different games / driver versions and likely to improve going forward

Spoiler: changelog

06/05/22 - Added Missing RX590, R9 Fury X/Fury/Fury Nano cards, removed separate 4GB/8GB RX 480 Entries
08/05/22 - Added Additional Tier underneath Elite Tier, 6900XT/6800XT/3080Ti/3080 moved here
09/05/22 - Added Missing Shop Links, Added RTX 3080 (12GB)
10/05/22 - Added 6950XT/6750XT/6650XT
07/04/22 - Added GTX1630
23/08/22 - Added 6700 Non-XT
13/10/22 - Added RTX 4090, Intel Arc A770/A750, Intel UHD770/UHD750
02/11/22 - Added Intel Arc A380, added Intel Arc Shop Links
16/11/22 - Added RTX4080 as Tier B, moved RTX3090 down a tier
05/12/22 - Added RTX3060 (8GB)
12/12/22 - Added RX7900XTX/RX7900XT
29/12/22 - Added missing shop link for non-XT 6700 and GT710, added spaces to RX 7900XTX and RX 7900XT names
04/01/23 - Added 4070Ti - shop link yet to be added as don't think group exists yet
05/01/23 - 4070Ti shop link added
16/01/23 - Tweaked 4070Ti position
11/04/23 - Tweaked 6750XT position
12/04/23 - 4070 Added, 4070Ti position tweaked, Suggested Resolutions updated to account for more demanding games
24/05/23 - 4060Ti Added, Intel Arc A750 and A770 positions Tweaked, RX 7600 Added
25/05/23 - Added RX7600 shop link, removed a few defunct NVIDIA shop links
28/06/23 - Added 4060
21/08/23 - Added Ryzen 7000 2CU (Integrated)
06/09/23 - Added 7700XT/7800XT
19/10/23 - Added Intel Arc A580, tweaked positions of Intel A380 (down 1) and A750 (up 1), split Intel into another column
17/01/24 - Added 4070 Super
24/01/24 - Added 4070Ti Super
31/01/24 - Added 4080 Super, removed defunct shop links
27/02/24 - Added 7900 GRE
29/03/24 - Added missing 7600XT
13/09/24 - Added PS5 Pro - provisionally at Tier E
15/11/24 - Added Intel Arc A310

 

[Armageus]

The above table is a rough guide to show how different GPU models stack up from both of the main vendors and between different generation (e.g. is a top end card from a couple of generations ago, still better than a brand new low end card)

It's based on the table from https://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/graphicscardcomparison, (which in itself was based on https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html) but since we've had the forum software updated, I though it better to have our own copy that has been and will continue to be tweaked if people find it useful.

I've removed everything pre Geforce 600 series / Radeon 7xxx series, as even these are both 10 years old at this point, and whilst some of the models still have the raw horsepower to play the latest games, the drivers are not being updated.

In addition I've linked most of the current products to the OcUK store pages

If you've got any suggestions, or even if you've found it useful, please leave a comment or a like

 

[StarShock]

Thanks. This looks to be a really useful cheat sheet will likely end up referring to this a bunch

onenote if i may. I'd probably combine the L and M tiers as there's not much difference between them and not all that many cards.

 

[Armageus]

onenote if i may. I'd probably combine the L and M tiers as there's not much difference between them and not all that many cards.

Yep that's a good call - updated

 

[TNA]

Probably safe to say AMD will have a Tier A GPU with the 6950 XT soon

 

[Wucked]

6900XT isn’t considered Tier A worthy?

 

[jordan47354]

6900XT isn’t considered Tier A worthy?

Lacks DLSS and poor RT performance.

 

[drakulton]

Woohoo! my 780Ti hits the minimum specs.

 

[gpuerrilla]

You need to add the 6950XT to the top tier. It also apparently beats the 3090Ti in time spy.

 

[Jumper118]

Rtx 3070 needs demoting. No way that's playing anything other than minesweeper at 4k 60fps. Runs out of vram at 4k all the time too.

The b in general is over crowded. A 6800 isnt really near a 6800xt or 6900xt either.

Also a 12gb 3080 is basically same performance as a 3080ti and the 3090 and 3090ti are the only cards that support sli. So they should really be in a tier of there own, not with the 3080ti.

Then splitting the 7970 and 7970ghz between 2 different tiers seems silly.

 

[eeii]

I’d put the 6900xt in tier A.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Rtx 3070 needs demoting. No way that's playing anything other than minesweeper at 4k 60fps. Runs out of vram at 4k all the time too.

sounds familiar @LtMatt

 

[Cadder]

Is the 3080 better than/equal to the 6900XT?

Mint.

 

[mickyflinn]

@Armageus

When will you be adding INTEL gpu's

 

[Nexus18]

Rtx 3070 needs demoting. No way that's playing anything other than minesweeper at 4k 60fps. Runs out of vram at 4k all the time too.

The b in general is over crowded. A 6800 isnt really near a 6800xt or 6900xt either.

Also a 12gb 3080 is basically same performance as a 3080ti and the 3090 and 3090ti are the only cards that support sli. So they should really be in a tier of there own, not with the 3080ti.

Then splitting the 7970 and 7970ghz between 2 different tiers seems silly.

Got anything to show that a 3070 is "running out of vram all the time"? As most sites shows otherwise, just one reputable site comparing it to its amd competitor (which only has the one RT title):



No doubt the 8gb is limiting for 4k and max settings without any upsampling in some scenarios such as fc 6 but to say "all the time" is just blatantly not true. There was a video here not long ago where someone showed a 3070 matching/beating a 6900xt in several titles because of DLSS and RT (no FSR was present to use for the 6900xt) so in more ways, it is a pretty good gpu on the "whole", hence why it is one of the most popular selling cards as per gibbos post in another thread.

Is the 3080 better than/equal to the 6900XT?

Mint.

Depends, ray tracing, it beats it. Rasterization wise, no, unless it's a game which favours nvidia. Throw in dlss then the water becomes even more murky....

Do think the 6900xt should be in tier a tbf but what exactly is the criteria of tier a?

 

[doodah]

Tier A - buzzing.

 

[Armageus]

Probably safe to say AMD will have a Tier A GPU with the 6950 XT soon

You need to add the 6950XT to the top tier. It also apparently beats the 3090Ti in time spy.

When will you be adding INTEL gpu's

Cards can only be added to the table when they are actually released and independently benchmarked

6900XT isn’t considered Tier A worthy?

I’d put the 6900xt in tier A.

Is the 3080 better than/equal to the 6900XT?

Do think the 6900xt should be in tier a tbf but what exactly is the criteria of tier a?

I used the LogicalIncrements table as a starting point and they'd ranked the 6900XT in a 2nd tier.

Personally I think Tier A should be the absolute top "elite" tier products that will generally be fastest overall and supporting all "cutting edge" technologies i.e. Including have good Ray tracing performance

Woohoo! my 780Ti hits the minimum specs.

VRAM aside it's still a capable card in terms of raw horsepower - it may just need texture detail and a couple of other settings lowering to maintain a 60fps framerate at 1080P. I certainly wouldn't want to spend the kind of money that a 1650 or 6500XT commands for negligible improvements.

Rtx 3070 needs demoting. No way that's playing anything other than minesweeper at 4k 60fps. Runs out of vram at 4k all the time too.

It's still a very capable 1440p/144fps cad though, and in non-vram limited scenarios (i.e. lower a couple of settings), noticeably quicker than anything in the tier below. VRAM alone shouldn't be a deciding factor.

The b in general is over crowded. A 6800 isnt really near a 6800xt or 6900xt either.

Probably fair - Happy to move the 6800 down if other people agree

Also a 12gb 3080 is basically same performance as a 3080ti and the 3090 and 3090ti are the only cards that support sli. So they should really be in a tier of there own, not with the 3080ti.

SLI is irrelevant these days - I'd even argue that the GTX690 / Radeon 7990 should be rated lower, as in terms of reliable performance, most of the time they'd be using a single GPU and perform lower.

Then splitting the 7970 and 7970ghz between 2 different tiers seems silly.

There's actually a decent performance uplift between the two when talking about the "stock" versions of both cards - something like 15%, so I'd stand by their slightly different positions

 

[Yaayuh!]

SLI is irrelevant these days - I'd even argue that the GTX690 / Radeon 7990 should be rated lower, as in terms of reliable performance, most of the time they'd be using a single GPU and perform lower.

GTX690 should definitely be lower, it's technically a 2GB card. I had one, it was great at the time, but soon got old and actually went pop in the end.

 

[Nexus18]

It's still a very capable 1440p/144fps cad though, and in non-vram limited scenarios (i.e. lower a couple of settings), noticeably quicker than anything in the tier below. VRAM alone shouldn't be a deciding factor.

Careful now, some with an axe to grind will soon have your head on a block

 

[sgoaty]

I think you're being a little unfair on the 6900XT it's an absolute beast in normal rasterization but it's your table.