GPU Efficiency and Value Compared

I've done a lot of testing of graphics cards, and I wanted to present some interesting data. I've got nearly all of the latest generation Nvidia RTX 40-series, AMD RX 7000-series, and Intel Arc A-series GPUs tested. One of the cool things about my testing is that I get power data for every benchmark. I've then split all of the results into two separate tables, which are sortable by clicking on the top column: Rasterization Performance and Ray Tracing Performance.

There are 1080p, 1440p, and 4K results for most of the cards, though slower cards aren't tested at 1440p and 4K with ray tracing enabled as it's rather pointless. I'm not sure exactly what this will look like on my blog, but let's give it a shot. We'll start with the rasterization table.

GPU Rasterization Performance and Efficiency Table

GPU	Price	1080p FPS	1080p Power	1080p FPS/$	1080p FPS/W	1440p FPS	1440p Power	1440p FPS/$	1440p FPS/W	4K FPS	4K Power	4K FPS/$	4K FPS/W
GeForce RTX 4090	$1,599	186.9	265.9	0.117	0.703	166.8	314.6	0.104	0.530	116.1	385.2	0.073	0.301
GeForce RTX 4080	$1,100	170.0	222.2	0.155	0.765	142.7	256.4	0.130	0.557	87.1	286.5	0.079	0.304
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	$774	153.0	224.2	0.198	0.682	121.2	242.6	0.157	0.500	69.5	260.8	0.090	0.267
GeForce RTX 4070	$590	141.2	199.4	0.239	0.708	109.2	214.3	0.185	0.509	62.0	226.4	0.105	0.274
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB	$500	104.3	147.8	0.209	0.706	74.7	153.1	0.149	0.488	40.7	157.1	0.081	0.259
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti	$374	104.4	142.6	0.279	0.732	74.8	148.8	0.200	0.502	40.2	152.0	0.108	0.264
GeForce RTX 4060	$280	97.6	136.4	0.349	0.716	69.8	141.3	0.249	0.494	37.3	143.4	0.133	0.260
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	$940	166.5	324.9	0.177	0.513	142.3	348.1	0.151	0.409	90.1	351.8	0.096	0.256
Radeon RX 7900 XT	$750	160.6	310.1	0.214	0.518	134.9	327.1	0.180	0.412	82.6	328.9	0.110	0.251
Radeon RX 7600	$258	81.7	153.1	0.317	0.534	56.7	153.3	0.220	0.370	29.2	153.2	0.113	0.190
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	$1,456	148.0	399.3	0.102	0.371	119.8	433.0	0.082	0.277	74.6	457.3	0.051	0.163
GeForce RTX 3090	$1,177	146.1	370.4	0.124	0.395	118.0	392.1	0.100	0.301	72.8	405.6	0.062	0.180
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	$914	134.6	344.6	0.147	0.391	107.5	356.2	0.118	0.302	65.2	360.0	0.071	0.181
GeForce RTX 3080	$690	130.3	327.9	0.189	0.397	102.8	337.8	0.149	0.304	61.9	341.3	0.090	0.181
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	$480	109.9	270.0	0.229	0.407	82.2	278.7	0.171	0.295	47.4	282.4	0.099	0.168
GeForce RTX 3070	$380	106.8	241.1	0.281	0.443	79.5	246.8	0.209	0.322	45.7	248.4	0.120	0.184
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	$335	92.9	200.7	0.277	0.463	68.7	204.4	0.205	0.336	38.8	204.4	0.116	0.190
GeForce RTX 3060	$280	80.6	178.5	0.288	0.452	59.3	183.3	0.212	0.324	33.6	185.7	0.120	0.181
GeForce RTX 3050	$225	51.1	122.4	0.227	0.417	37.0	126.3	0.164	0.293	20.3	127.5	0.090	0.159
Radeon RX 6950 XT	$599	143.9	297.7	0.240	0.483	114.2	324.9	0.191	0.352	65.1	326.5	0.109	0.199
Radeon RX 6900 XT	$750	138.1	282.3	0.184	0.489	108.3	299.1	0.144	0.362	61.6	300.1	0.082	0.205
Radeon RX 6800 XT	$520	131.2	275.2	0.252	0.477	101.2	293.0	0.195	0.346	57.4	298.7	0.110	0.192
Radeon RX 6800	$440	123.1	241.5	0.280	0.510	94.0	256.7	0.214	0.366	53.4	266.1	0.121	0.201
Radeon RX 6750 XT	$350	102.0	237.3	0.291	0.430	74.6	249.0	0.213	0.299	40.7	256.6	0.116	0.158
Radeon RX 6700 XT	$320	95.6	205.1	0.299	0.466	69.8	213.6	0.218	0.327	38.0	219.4	0.119	0.173
Radeon RX 6700 10GB	$270	84.3	181.0	0.312	0.466	60.5	185.3	0.224	0.327	31.8	185.5	0.118	0.172
Radeon RX 6650 XT	$235	78.4	171.5	0.333	0.457	55.5	176.4	0.236	0.315	28.3	173.4	0.120	0.163
Radeon RX 6600 XT	$270	76.0	152.3	0.281	0.499	53.3	156.8	0.197	0.340	26.7	152.7	0.099	0.175
Radeon RX 6600	$200	70.1	143.8	0.350	0.487	48.9	145.9	0.244	0.335	24.6	143.6	0.123	0.171
Intel Arc A770 16GB	$330	77.9	204.4	0.236	0.381	59.2	214.1	0.179	0.277	34.6	222.3	0.105	0.155
Intel Arc A770 8GB	$290	73.0	216.5	0.252	0.337	55.7	231.7	0.192	0.240	31.5	238.8	0.109	0.132
Intel Arc A750	$220	67.4	185.3	0.306	0.364	50.0	194.0	0.227	0.258	27.9	201.0	0.127	0.139
Intel Arc A380	$120	27.4	70.3	0.228	0.390	19.4	72.1	0.162	0.269	—	—	—	—

Okay, click away and have fun. Key points, though: AMD has some good value propositions, often from its previous generation RX 6000-series. However, the RTX 4060 is right up near the top for rasterization performance, trading blows with the RX 6600 and RX 6650 XT. Nvidia's GPU costs more but performs better, in other words.

As for efficiency... it's not even close. Nvidia RTX 40-series cards claim the top seven spots, with the RX 7600 landing in eighth and followed by the RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX. What's sort of funny is that, after the 7000-series GPUs, AMD's 6000-series comes next. So Nvidia really leapfrogged AMD when going from RTX 30-series to RTX 40-series in efficiency.

GPU Ray Tracing Performance and Efficiency Table

GPU	Price	1080p FPS	1080p Power	1080p FPS/$	1080p FPS/W	1440p FPS	1440p Power	1440p FPS/$	1440p FPS/W	4K FPS	4K Power	4K FPS/$	4K FPS/W
GeForce RTX 4090	$1,599	144.4	320.1	0.090	0.451	106.7	369.0	0.067	0.289	57.9	408.0	0.036	0.142
GeForce RTX 4080	$1,100	115.9	251.7	0.105	0.461	79.3	273.1	0.072	0.290	41.1	287.0	0.037	0.143
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	$774	96.1	236.0	0.124	0.407	63.8	252.4	0.082	0.253	32.7	263.4	0.042	0.124
GeForce RTX 4070	$590	88.1	210.0	0.149	0.419	57.5	219.6	0.097	0.262	28.8	223.9	0.049	0.129
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB	$500	60.3	152.7	0.121	0.395	38.6	155.7	0.077	0.248	18.6	157.1	0.037	0.119
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti	$374	60.4	149.7	0.162	0.404	38.5	152.5	0.103	0.252	17.8	149.2	0.048	0.119
GeForce RTX 4060	$280	56.2	142.2	0.201	0.395	35.3	143.6	0.126	0.246	16.3	140.2	0.058	0.116
Radeon RX 7900 XT	$750	83.3	327.3	0.111	0.254	55.7	326.4	0.074	0.171	27.8	329.1	0.037	0.085
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	$940	88.2	350.7	0.094	0.251	59.3	346.6	0.063	0.171	30.0	350.5	0.032	0.086
Radeon RX 7600	$258	30.3	150.6	0.117	0.201	17.6	148.0	0.068	0.119	—	—	—	—
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	$1,456	95.0	418.0	0.065	0.227	65.2	437.7	0.045	0.149	34.5	449.2	0.024	0.077
GeForce RTX 3090	$1,177	91.4	380.9	0.078	0.240	62.5	392.4	0.053	0.159	32.6	395.4	0.028	0.082
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	$914	83.5	345.0	0.091	0.242	57.8	351.6	0.063	0.164	29.4	347.9	0.032	0.085
GeForce RTX 3080	$690	80.6	330.3	0.117	0.244	55.2	336.3	0.080	0.164	27.0	328.2	0.039	0.082
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	$480	63.9	272.4	0.133	0.234	40.6	271.5	0.084	0.149	17.2	249.3	0.036	0.069
GeForce RTX 3070	$380	62.0	242.2	0.163	0.256	39.4	243.0	0.104	0.162	16.6	224.0	0.044	0.074
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	$335	53.5	201.2	0.160	0.266	34.1	201.2	0.102	0.169	14.0	183.8	0.042	0.076
GeForce RTX 3060	$280	45.6	177.2	0.163	0.257	29.0	178.1	0.104	0.163	13.0	171.8	0.047	0.076
GeForce RTX 3050	$225	27.4	119.1	0.122	0.230	17.1	121.2	0.076	0.141	—	—	—	—
Radeon RX 6900 XT	$750	60.3	299.5	0.080	0.201	40.0	301.6	0.053	0.132	19.6	300.6	0.026	0.065
Radeon RX 6950 XT	$599	64.4	321.9	0.108	0.200	42.7	323.6	0.071	0.132	21.0	328.2	0.035	0.064
Radeon RX 6800 XT	$520	57.6	290.2	0.111	0.199	37.8	296.4	0.073	0.127	18.2	297.1	0.035	0.061
Radeon RX 6800	$440	53.3	257.1	0.121	0.207	34.9	265.0	0.079	0.132	16.8	267.2	0.038	0.063
Radeon RX 6750 XT	$350	41.4	250.0	0.118	0.165	26.0	256.3	0.074	0.102	12.2	259.0	0.035	0.047
Radeon RX 6700 XT	$320	38.0	208.4	0.119	0.182	24.1	214.0	0.075	0.113	11.5	216.6	0.036	0.053
Radeon RX 6700 10GB	$270	34.3	186.1	0.127	0.184	21.0	188.2	0.078	0.112	—	—	—	—
Radeon RX 6650 XT	$235	29.2	163.7	0.124	0.179	17.6	167.8	0.075	0.105	—	—	—	—
Radeon RX 6600 XT	$270	27.8	145.6	0.103	0.191	16.6	145.2	0.061	0.114	—	—	—	—
Radeon RX 6600	$200	25.4	139.3	0.127	0.182	15.0	138.6	0.075	0.108	—	—	—	—
Intel Arc A770 16GB	$330	42.4	209.6	0.129	0.202	29.8	220.6	0.090	0.135	—	—	—	—
Intel Arc A770 8GB	$290	40.8	224.9	0.141	0.181	24.4	226.6	0.084	0.108	—	—	—	—
Intel Arc A750	$220	42.6	196.9	0.194	0.216	25.9	210.0	0.118	0.123	—	—	—	—
Intel Arc A380	$120	12.1	68.6	0.101	0.177	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ray tracing as usual greatly favors Nvidia GPUs. In terms of value, the lower tier RTX 40-series and 30-series parts rank near the top, with the Arc A750 also making a name for itself. The best AMD GPU for ray tracing value goes to the RX 6700 10GB, sitting in eleventh place overall and followed closely by the RX 6600. Naturally, the most expensive cards are pretty poor in terms of value.

Efficiency meanwhile hugely favors Nvidia's RTX 40-series, with a relatively huge gap between the RTX 3060 Ti and the RTX 4060. The latter does 0.395 FPS/W at 1080p while the former is only 0.266 FPS/W. AMD's top option ends up as the RX 7900 XT, with just 0.254 FPS/W at 1080p, though the 7900 cards do slightly better at 1440p and 4K. Intel's Arc might offer up some decent performance, but it also uses more power and generally ends up near the bottom of the efficiency charts.