Buyer's guide / GPU comparison

GPU comparison & benchmark hierarchy 2026

Thirteen current and recent GPUs in one sortable table -- specs, launch price, a relative-performance index, and value per dollar. Click any column to sort.

Last updated June 29, 2026

Specs don't tell you which graphics card to buy; the relationship between performance and price does. This table puts thirteen GPUs -- NVIDIA's RTX 50-series, AMD's RX 9000 series, Intel's Arc B-series, plus the RTX 4090 and 4070 for reference -- in one place, sortable by whatever you care about. Want the most frames? Sort by performance. Shopping a budget? Sort by value. Looking after a small PSU? Sort by TDP. If you'd rather just have the answer, our best graphics cards of 2026 picks one card per tier.

The 2026 GPU comparison table

Click a column header to sort. "Value" = relative raster % ÷ launch MSRP × 100.

Card VRAM Cores TDP Launch MSRP Perf* (% of 5090) Value Buy
GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB GDDR7 21,760 575 W $1,999 100.0% 5.0 Check price
GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB GDDR7 10,752 360 W $999 81.9% 8.2 Check price
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB GDDR7 8,960 300 W $749 76.2% 10.2 Check price
GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB GDDR7 6,144 250 W $549 65.1% 11.9 Check price
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 16 GB GDDR7 4,608 180 W $429 51.6% 12.0 Check price
GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB GDDR7 3,840 145 W $299 43.4% 14.5 Check price
Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB GDDR6 4,096 304 W $599 76.9% 12.8 Check price
Radeon RX 9070 16 GB GDDR6 3,584 220 W $549 69.1% 12.6 Check price
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB 16 GB GDDR6 2,048 160 W $349 48.2% 13.8 Check price
Arc B580 12 GB GDDR6 2,560 190 W $249 35.1% 14.1 Check price
Arc B570 10 GB GDDR6 2,304 150 W $219 31.1% 14.2 Check price
GeForce RTX 4090 (last-gen ref.) 24 GB GDDR6X 16,384 450 W $1,599 90.1% 5.6 Check price
GeForce RTX 4070 (last-gen ref.) 12 GB GDDR6X 5,888 200 W $599 54.7% 9.1 Check price

* Relative performance: Tom's Hardware GPU-hierarchy rasterization geomean as % of the RTX 5090 at 1080p Ultra. AMD cards rank lower in ray-traced titles than this raster column suggests. Cores = CUDA (NVIDIA) / stream processors (AMD) / shading units (Intel).

What the numbers actually say

  • Value lives at the bottom of the stack. On raster-per-dollar, the cheapest cards win: the Arc B570/B580, the RX 9060 XT, and the RTX 5060 all return far more performance per dollar than the halo cards. The RTX 5090 is the slowest card here by value -- you pay a steep premium for the last 20%.
  • 8 GB is the asterisk on the RTX 5060. It tops the value column, but 8 GB of VRAM is already a limitation at 1440p in some 2025-2026 titles. The RX 9060 XT 16GB and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB cost more but age better.
  • AMD wins raster, trails in ray tracing. The RX 9070 XT edges the RTX 5070 Ti in this raster index, but Tom's separate ray-tracing ranking flips that order. If you play path-traced titles, weight RT.
  • The RTX 4090 is still a top-three card -- worth knowing if a used or discounted one appears, though at its original $1,599 MSRP its value is close to the 5090's.

Want the one-card answer per tier?

This page is the data; our best graphics cards of 2026 guide is the verdict -- one pick for the halo tier, creators, high-end value, the best AMD card, and budget, with the reasoning behind each.

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