NVIDIA and AMD Graphics Cards: 2024 Equivalency Guide

NVIDIA and AMD have been making a major overhaul of their graphics card portfolio over the last year with the introduction of new series GeForce RTX 40 and Radeon RX 7000 series.two generations of graphics cards that have marked an important breakthrough for both companies and, as we know, have been accompanied by new technologies that also represent a turning point in the industry.

The ray tracing performance of these new generations of graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD. has improved substantiallyand so has its raw power in rasterization compared to the previous series. In the case of the GeForce RTX 40 we also have an important leap in terms of efficiency (performance per watt consumed), and a new commitment to AI applied to video games that has materialized in the new technologies that have come to NVIDIA DLSS, the frame generation and the ray reconstruction.

AMD, for its part, has introduced the technology. FSR 3 Fluid Motion Frames, which works in a similar way to NVIDIA’s frame generation, but unlike the former it does not use AI or hardware acceleration, which means that the results it offers are inferior to those of its direct rival. However, it also has an advantage in that it is compatible with a wider range of graphics cards as it does not require specific hardware.

After the launch of the Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT, which were AMD’s two big pending accounts, I believe that is the ideal time to update our graphics card equivalency guide, as the GeForce RTX 40 Super will be a refresh of the current generation and will not introduce major changes beyond a simple performance increase.

If all goes according to plan NVIDIA will soon expand its graphics card lineup with the GeForce RTX 40 Superwhich is expected to be unveiled at CES 2024 (early January). The launch will take place during January, and three very specific models are expected to arrive: GeForce RTX 4080 Super, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super and GeForce RTX 4070 Super. When they are launched, and after having been able to analyze them, I will include them without further ado in the position that corresponds to them in this guide.

In general terms, I can confirm that the situation within the general consumer graphics card market has normalized. Prices have long ceased to be inflated, and as of today it is possible to find very good prices in many models of different ranges and generations, although the movements that have occurred within the mid-range of NVIDIA and AMD stand out, where the Radeon RX 6600 and GeForce RTX 4060 shine with their own light.

Major changes to the guide

NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards that are no longer supported.

NVIDIA and AMD discontinued a considerable number of graphics cards unsupported. during the last years, so I have decided to clean up and change the traditional format of the equivalence guide to use a more updated, realistic and better adjusted to the current time. And speaking of a more realistic approach, in order to comply with this premise I have also introduced the dedicated graphics cards that Intel has launched in Spain.

Last September, AMD confirmed a driver support reduction affecting Polaris and Vega-based graphics cards.This includes the Radeon RX 400, Radeon RX 500 and Radeon RX Vega. Since this is not a total withdrawal of support, and considering that these still offer good performance even in current games, I have decided not to remove them from this guide of graphics card equivalences.

As for the older NVIDIA and AMD models, I know that more than one of our readers may still be willing to turn to them because, despite being unsupported, they still offer good performance in certain games and because they can be purchased at really cheap prices on the second hand market.

It’s totally normal, I understand it perfectly, and that’s why I tell you that if you need information and equivalences about old graphics cards, just follow this link that will take you directly to the guide we published in 2020. In it you will have a list of equivalences that covers from the GeForce 8000 GT and Radeon HD 3000 to the GeForce GTX 700-Radeon R9 Fury X.

Before we get into it, I want to remind you which are the most recent graphics cards that are no longer officially supported. by NVIDIA and AMD. If you have any questions you can leave them in the comments and I will help you solve them:

• NVIDIA: GeForce GTX 600 and GTX 700 series based on the Kepler architecture, which means that the GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti are not included, as they are based on the first-generation Maxwell architecture, and will therefore continue to be supported.
• AMD: Radeon RX 200, RX 300 and Radeon RX Fury-Fury X Series.

The GeForce GTX 900, GTX 1000, Radeon RX 400, RX 500 and RX Vega continue to receive official supportalthough in general this is very limited and you should not expect any kind of performance improvement, since all these graphics generations are many years old and have already received all possible driver optimizations some time ago.

Key technologies and usage on NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards.

The arrival of new generations of graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD has always marked important advances in terms of raw power. The generational leaps may have been more or less pronounced, but they have always been evident, and have often been accompanied by the introduction of new technologies, new APIs and new features that have enabled other important advances.

Over time, the APIs that seemed revolutionary at the time have become obsolete, and the technologies that marked a turning point have given way to others that have managed to leave us speechless. Legacy APIs, such as DirectX 9 and DirectX 10have fallen into a situation of almost total abandonment, and this is perfectly normal, as they have no value to offer at present.

DirectX 11 was still maintained as a fairly widely used API, but luckily. continues to give way to other better prepared to offer, in an optimal way, a correct use of the latest technologies of the sector, and of the most advanced hardware. There are already few new games arriving with support for this API that are not yet available. is undoubtedly in the final stage of its life cycle.

DirectX 12 is one of the APIs most widely used APIs todayand one of the most advanced. It is prepared to allow a correct use of multithreaded processors, and it is compatible with a large number of graphics cards, including from the GeForce GTX 400-Radeon HD 7000 to the most current models. However, the degree of support is not the same for all graphics cards, and only the latest graphics solutions can truly take advantage of the full set of features offered by DirectX 12, known as level 12_1. For example, the GTX 400 only take advantage of it at its 11_0 level.and GTX 10 supports it at level 12_1.

I know what you’re thinking, if GTX 10s support DirectX 12 at level 12_1, then why did I say that only the latest graphics card models offer full support? Well, because this API received a major revision, known as DirectX 12 Ultimate, that introduced very important advanced featuressuch as variable rate shader, meshed shaders, ray tracing and DirectStorage, which are supported on Radeon RX 6000, Radeon RX 7000, RTX 20 series, RTX 30 series and RTX 40 series graphics cards, as well as the new Intel Arc Alchemist.

Another interesting API that has very broad support is. Vulkanknown to be the spiritual successor to Mantle. It is a low-level API supported on NVIDIA GTX 600 and higher graphics cards, and AMD Radeon HD 7000 and higher, and has proven that it can achieve a high degree of optimization while maintaining a stunning technical finish. It has been used in such well-known and well-optimized titles as DOOM Eternalfor example. Both DirectX 12 and Vulkan are well supported on NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards.

I wanted to share with you this prior breakdown so that you are clear on the importance of differentiating between limited DirectX 12 support, and full DirectX 12 support, including the “Ultimate” revision features, as these are set to shape the future of gaming in the short to medium term. A GTX 1080 Ti may offer more raw horsepower than a GeForce RTX 2060, but the latter supports DirectX 12 Ultimatehas greater driver level support, and if we were to introduce into the equation the NVIDIA DLSS valuewhich we have already discussed on numerous occasions, we would find it to be a more interesting purchase.

In this guide of equivalences we are going to limit ourselves to reflect the equivalence of each model starting from a very simple base, its raw power in raster, but to give you a more realistic view of the value offered by each model we will indicate, when necessary, the technologies of value that each one brings, and other aspects that are worth taking into account, such as the presence of specialized hardware to accelerate ray tracing or artificial intelligence.

On this topic it is important to note that AI and ray tracing are becoming increasingly important in the graphics card industry. As I mentioned at the beginning of the article, even AMD itself ended up betting on ray tracing, and has achieved a significant improvement with the Radeon RX 7000, which, in general terms, has been a great success, almost doubling the performance of the Radeon RX 6000 working with such technology.

NVIDIA, which pioneered the implementation of ray tracing in the mainstream consumer market, has also greatly improved the performance under such technology with its GeForce RTX 40s, which are equipped with. third-generation RT cores. AI has been another major pillar on which NVIDIA has relied on to improve performance, and DLSS 2 Super Resolution has been joined by DLSS 3 Frame Generation and DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction.

AMD did not want to be left behind and recently introduced FSR 3 with Fluid Motion Frames technology. As we know, Intel has also played its cards with XeSS, and is working on its own frame generation technology, known as. Intel ExtraSS, although this one is still under development and we don’t know when it will reach the market, so we have to be patient.

In the world of videogames we have also had an important turning point with the leap to more demanding and complex next-generation graphics engines.which is already a reality as a consequence of the end of life cycle of PS4 and Xbox One, and with the adoption at last of mesh shaders, a technology that will make all graphics cards prior to the GeForce RTX 20 and Radeon RX 6000 obsolete. Alan Wake 2 has been the great standard bearer of this technology.

NVIDIA and AMD graphics card equivalents: series GeForce GTX 700, GTX 900 and GTX 10

As we anticipated, we are removing from this update to our equivalency guide all graphics cards that have become “legacy” solutions, and are no longer supported by NVIDIA and AMD. If you still need information about them don’t worry, as I mentioned above, just refer to the 2020 guide for a complete equivalency list. This list of equivalencies will no longer change, so its validity is permanent.

In this first section, we are going to focus on showing you a list of graphics card equivalents starting from the GeForce GTX 700 that are still supported, the GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti, the GTX 900 and the GTX 10. All three support DirectX 12, although at different levels.all three are Vulkan compatible and do not have specialized hardware for accelerating ray tracing. Of the three generations, the GTX 10s are the ones that still offer the best performance today, in fact the GTX 1080 Ti is still capable of running some games in 4K without problems, as long as we adjust the graphics quality level.

It is very important to keep in mind that these graphics cards do not support advanced technologies such as mesh shaders, and that their performance in the latest games is often lower than the closest equivalent we benchmark. This is usually due to less support for advanced features, and also to drivers that do not have the same optimizations.

First-generation Maxwell-based GeForce GTX 700s

• GTX 750: performs slightly better than a GT 1030. In AMD’s case it offers similar performance to AMD’s RX 550.
• GTX 750 TI: outperforms the GT 1030 but has no direct equivalence. It also outperforms an RX 550 and has no direct equivalent in the new AMD generations.

Maxwell-based second-generation GeForce GTX 900s

• GTX 950: its closest equivalent is the GTX 1050, but it doesn’t reach the level of the GTX 1050. The closest AMD model in performance is the Radeon RX 460.
• GTX 960: in this case its closest equivalent would be the GTX 1050 TI, but the GTX 960 performs slightly less. The 4 GB graphics memory model has aged better than the 2 GB model, keep that in mind.
• GTX 970: a very popular solution that still performs quite well. It falls between a 3GB GTX 1060 and a 6GB GTX 1060. Its equivalent in AMD graphics cards would be the 4 GB Radeon RX 480, although in some cases it may perform a little less due to driver issues.
• GTX 980: it is practically at the same level as a 6 GB GTX 1060, although in some cases it manages to surpass it. The closest AMD has is the 8 GB RX 580.
• GTX 980 TI: a graphics solution that still offers great power. At stock frequencies, it performs a little less than the GTX 1070, although with an overclock it can outperform it without problem. In the case of AMD graphics cards, it is slightly below the Radeon RX Vega 56.

GeForce GTX 10 Pascal-based

• GTX 1050: it performs almost like a GTX 960. On the AMD side, it is equivalent to a RTX 460-560.
• GTX 1050 TI: its performance is above the GTX 960, but below the GTX 970-RX 570.
• GTX 1060 3 GB: its performance is similar to that of a GTX 970. It performs a little less than the RX 570.
• GTX 1060 6 GB: it has slightly lower performance than a GTX 980. It is also slightly inferior to the 8 GB Radeon RX 580.
• GTX 1070: overall it performs a bit better than the GTX 980 TI, and falls a bit short of the RX Vega 56.
• GTX 1070 TI: outperforms the GTX 980 TI. Its performance is slightly above the Radeon RX Vega 56.
• GTX 1080: it performs slightly better than the RTX 2060. It is also a bit more powerful than the Radeon RX Vega 64.
• GTX 1080 TI: it is more or less at the level of the RTX 2070 Super. It performs a little better than the Radeon VII.

NVIDIA and AMD graphics card equivalencies: series Radeon RX 400, Radeon RX 500 and Vega

These graphics cards are still being supported by AMD, albeit on a limited basis as mentioned above. We don’t know when they will be abandoned for good, but they still offer pretty good performance in games with a few exceptions such as Alan Wake 2, for example, where the lack of mesh shader support makes a big difference. They support DirectX 12, although they are limited to the level 12_0and are Vulkan compatible.

Lower-end models, such as the RX 460 and RX 560RX 460 and RX 560, still offer acceptable performance in 1080p resolutions with not very demanding games, and the versions with 4 GB are perfectly functional, as long as we are not particularly demanding and reduce the graphics quality.

On the other hand, the RX 470, RX 570 and above offer higher performance and remain viable options for guaranteed 1080p gaming, and in previous generation games at 1440p as long as we adjust the graphics quality level.

Radeon RX 400, RX 500and Radeon RX Vega, based on Polaris architecture and Vega architecture.

• Radeon RX 550X: has no direct equivalent, but sits a bit above NVIDIA’s GTX 750.
• Radeon RX 460-560: roughly equivalent to an NVIDIA GTX 1050, although the 4GB models have aged much better.
• Radeon RX 470-RX570RX470-RX570: offer similar performance to an NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB-GTX 970. Models with 8GB offer a superior experience in some games.
• Radeon RX 480-RX 580: performance is very similar to that of the 6GB GTX 1060-GTX 980, although the 8GB versions offer a superior experience in some games.
• Radeon RX 590: performs above a 6GB GTX 1060, but below a GTX 1070. It has aged very well, both for drivers and for its 8 GB of graphics memory.
• Radeon RX Vega 56: Has performance halfway between the GTX 1070 and GTX 1070 TI. It has aged very well at the driver level.
• Radeon RX Vega 64: positioned slightly below the GTX 1080, and have also aged very well thanks to their good driver support.
• Radeon VII: was AMD’s most powerful graphics card at the time, and has also received good driver support, but its performance is inferior to that of a GTX 1080 Ti.

NVIDIA and AMD graphics card equivalents: A look at current models

In this category we encompass current graphics cards, ie, those that are still on the market NVIDIA and AMD, either in whole or in part. This means that this category includes the Radeon RX 5000 series, Radeon RX 6000 series, GeForce RTX 20, GeForce GTX 16 and GeForce RTX 30.

Of all the models we have named, the Radeon RX 6000 series, GeForce RTX 20 series and GeForce RTX 30 series are the only NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards that offer full DirectX 12 Ultimate supportNVIDIA’s RTX 12 Ultimate graphics solutions are the only ones with full feature support, including hardware ray tracing acceleration, making them the most interesting and longest-lived options on the market. In this regard, NVIDIA’s graphics solutions have a bit of an advantage thanks to DLSS, a unique technology that only works in the RTX 20 and RTX 30, as it runs, and accelerates, on their tensor cores.

AMD Radeon RX 5000, Radeon RX 6000 and Radeon RX 7000 Equivalents.

• Radeon RX 5500 XT: performs at the level of an RX 580-GTX 980 or GTX 1650 Super. Supports FSR.
• Radeon RX 5600 XT: its performance is slightly above the Radeon RX Vega 56 and is almost at the level of a GTX 1070 Ti. It supports FSR.
• Radeon RX 5700: performs slightly better than GTX 1080-RTX 2060. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 5700 XT: performance is superior to that of an RTX 2070 and is close to the Radeon VII. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 6500 XT: offers similar performance to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, and lower than a Radeon RX 590. Its closest equivalent on the NVIDIA side is the GTX 1650 Super. It accelerates ray tracing, but its performance is too low to deal with that technology in almost all cases. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 6600: is a model that is a major leap forward compared to the previous one, and performs almost at the same level as the RTX 2060 Super in rasterization. It accelerates ray tracing, supports FSR and officially supports Fluid Motion Frames. It is a bit slower than RTX 3060.
• Radeon RX 6600 XT: a more powerful version of the previous one that performs almost at the level of the RTX 2070 Super in rasterization. It accelerates ray tracing and supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames officially. It is slightly more powerful than RTX 3060.
• Radeon RX 6650 XT: is a version of the previous one with faster memory, which allows it to be placed a little above the GeForce RTX 2070 Super, although it performs worse than the latter in ray tracing. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames. Beats the GeForce RTX 3060.
• Radeon RX 6700: is known for having a configuration similar to the PS5 GPU. It performs slightly better than a GeForce RTX 2070 Super, so it outperforms the GeForce RTX 3060 as well, but performs worse in ray tracing. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 6700 XT: has slightly better performance than an RTX 3060 Ti, but performs worse in ray tracing. It accelerates ray tracing and officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 6750 XT: a version of the previous one with faster memory, which allows it to place only a little behind the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, although it performs much worse than it in ray tracing. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 6800: performance is slightly better than RTX 3070 Ti, but performs worse in ray tracing. It accelerates ray tracing and supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames officially.
• Radeon RX 6800 XT: has very similar performance to an RTX 3080, although it is inferior in 4K and performs worse in ray tracing. It accelerates ray tracing and officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 6900 XT: falls between RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti, although it performs worse than RTX 3080 in ray tracing. It accelerates ray tracing and officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 6950 XT: a version of the previous one with faster memory that performs a little less than the GeForce RTX 3090, although it loses by far in ray tracing. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 7600: performance is slightly lower than the GeForce RTX 4060, and slightly above the Radeon RX 6650 XT. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 7700 XT: is a fairly powerful model that performs practically at the level of a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, and plays in the league of the Radeon RX 6800, although it is behind the former in ray tracing. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 7800 XT: this ranks on par with the GeForce RTX 3080-GeForce RTX 4070 in rasterization, but loses out to both in ray tracing. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 7900 XT: a high-end model that is slightly more powerful than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, although it loses in ray tracing. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.
• Radeon RX 7900 XTX: is AMD’s top of the line in the current generation, it narrowly beats the GeForce RTX 4080 super, but loses by far to it in ray tracing. It officially supports FSR and Fluid Motion Frames.

GeForce GTX 16 equivalents, GeForce RTX 20, GeForce RTX 30 and GeForce RTX 40

• GeForce GTX 1650: performs better than the 4GB Radeon RX 560, but less than an RX 570.
• GeForce GTX 1650 Super: performs slightly better than the Radeon RX 580, but less than the RX 590.
• GeForce GTX 1660: performs better than the Radeon RX 590, but less than a Radeon RX Vega 56.
• GeForce GTX 1660 Super: is an upgraded version of the previous one, with faster memory, that performs only slightly less than a Radeon RX Vega 56.
• GeForce GTX 1660 Ti: offers almost identical performance to the previous one, putting it almost in the same league as the Radeon RX Vega 56.
• GeForce RTX 2060: performs slightly less than the GTX 1080. Its performance is similar to that of a Radeon RX Vega 64, but it accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 2060 Super: This model outperforms the GTX 1080 and is more powerful than the Radeon RX 5700. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 2070: positions itself between the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 TI. Performs slightly less than the Radeon RX 5700 XT. Accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 2070 Super: an upgraded version of the previous one, which is almost at the level of a GTX 1080 TI, and outperforms the Radeon VII. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 2080: Outperforms GTX 1080 TI and Radeon VII. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 2080 Super: is also an upgraded version of the previous version that offers slightly lower performance than NVIDIA’s RTX 3060 Ti and AMD’s RX 6700 XT. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 2080 TI: this model was top of the range at the time. It is more powerful than the Radeon RX 6700 XT, and plays almost at the same level as the RTX 3070. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3050: the first “XX50” series desktop graphics card with dedicated hardware for accelerating ray tracing and DLSS support. It performs slightly better than the GTX 1660 Ti, and slightly less than the RTX 2060.
• 8GB GeForce RTX 3060: this graphics card is slower than the 12 GB model and falls below the Radeon RX 6600. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3060 12GB: is a mid-range graphics card that performs at about the same level as the RX 5700 XT, and RTX 2070. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: we are looking at an upper mid-range model that performs slightly better than the RTX 2080 Super, and performs slightly less than AMD’s RX 6700 XT. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3070: this graphics card outperforms the RX 6700 XT, but lags behind AMD’s RX 6800. It also fails to beat the RTX 2080 Ti convincingly. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: this model is only slightly behind the Radeon RX 6800. The difference between the two is minimal. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3080: a very powerful graphics card, which is slightly more powerful than the Radeon RX 6800 XT. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3080 12GB: narrowly beats the Radeon RX 7800 XT. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: this model ranks slightly above the Radeon RX 6900 XT, but lags slightly behind the RTX 3090. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3090: a high-end solution that performs slightly better than the RTX 3080 Ti and the Radeon RX 6950 XT. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: is a high-end model that performs slightly better than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS.
• GeForce RTX 4060: a mid-range model that performs slightly better than the Radeon RX 7600 and the 12GB GeForce RTX 3060. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS and frame generation.
• GeForce RTX 4060 Ti: this graphics card is available in two versions, an 8 GB and a 16 GB version that share the same specifications, although the latter performs slightly better in games with higher graphics memory demands. It performs about the same as a Radeon RX 6750 XT and the GeForce RTX 3070. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS and frame generation.
• GeForce RTX 4070: in performance is almost at the same level as Radeon RX 6800 XT and GeForce RTX 3080. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS and frame generation.
• GeForce RTX 4070 Ti: falls somewhere between the GeForce RTX 3090 and the 3090 Ti, although closer to the latter at resolutions below 4K. Compared to AMD the closest is the Radeon RX 6950 XT. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS and frame generation.
• GeForce RTX 4080: is a very powerful model that performs only slightly less than the Radeon RX 7900 XTX. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS and frame generation.
• GeForce RTX 4090: NVIDIA’s top of the line. It is the most powerful graphics card available and has no direct equivalent right now. It outperforms the Radeon RX 7900 XTX by 30% to 40% in rasterization. It accelerates ray tracing and supports DLSS and frame generation.

NVIDIA and AMD graphics card pricing at a glance.

Since we published the last edition of this guide the prices of graphics cards have changed tremendously. At that time they were inflated and today, thankfully, they are at a level that we can consider as normal.In fact, it is possible to find interesting offers in almost all the ranges of both NVIDIA and AMD, although in the case of the former the prices of the GeForce RTX 40 are more interesting, and in the case of the latter the prices of the Radeon RX 6000 are very appealing.

Nevertheless, and in order to keep the guide at its original value, I am going to update this section to include the ideal price level at which you should try to buy each of the models. currently marketed by NVIDIA and AMD. If you find these graphics cards at lower prices than the ones I am going to give you below, don’t hesitate, they will be an excellent buy.

AMD RX 6000 and RX 7000 graphics cards

• Radeon RX 6500 XT: the ideal is to buy it for less than 120 euros. It is not worth paying more for it, as its performance is similar to that of a Radeon RX 580.
• Radeon RX 6600: is a good buy if we get it for less than 200 euros, or at most for a little more than that figure.
• Radeon RX 6600 XT: in this case the ideal price for this model would be. between 225 and 240 euros maximum.
• Radeon RX 6700: ideally you can get it for 290 euros maximumotherwise it would be stepped on with the top model.
• Radeon RX 6700 XT: as of 330 euros is a more than acceptable price. If we find it for less it is an excellent buy.
• Radeon RX 6800: is a difficult graphics card to find, but would be an excellent buy if we could get it for 430 euros or less.
• Radeon RX 6800 XT: as the previous one it is difficult to find available units, but for 500 euros would be a good buy.
• Radeon RX 6900 XT: if found by 570 euros would already be an excellent purchase, especially if our priority is to play under rasterization, as this is where it moves best.

The 6X50 XT models would be a good buy if they assume, at best, 10 to 40 euros more in price versus the original model, as they only have slightly faster memory and the performance difference is small. For example, the Radeon RX 6650 XT for 250 euros would be worth it.

• Radeon RX 7600: this graphics card offers good value among the €260 to €270.
• Radeon RX 7700 XT: is a difficult model to find at a good price. If we get it around the 430-450 euros may be an option to consider.
• Radeon RX 7800 XT: another model that is hard to find at a good price. Ideally, you should get it for between 520 and 540 euros maximum.
• Radeon RX 7900 XT: this graphics card is available from €799.99, a quite reasonable price for what it offers.
• Radeon RX 7900 XTX: get it for 960 euros or less equals a good buy.

NVIDIA RTX 30 and RTX 40 graphics cards.

• GeForce RTX 3050: its price is too high for what it offers, especially after the price drop of the Radeon RX 6600. I wouldn’t pay more than €160.
• GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB: can be a good buy if we get it for between 250 and 260 euros, at most, although for this we will have to buy a refurbished unit. The 8 GB model is not worth it.
• GeForce RTX 3060 Ti: if we get it for 340-50 euros we will be making an excellent purchase.
• GeForce RTX 3070: the ideal is to pay for it a maximum of 400 eurosbut it is difficult to find it at that price unless we use refurbished ones.
• GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: the same thing happens as with the previous one, it is very difficult to get it at a good price. It is not worth paying more than 440 euros, because it is only slightly faster than the non-Ti version.
• GeForce RTX 3080: hard to find at a good price in both 10GB and 12GB versions. Having the GeForce RTX 4070 on the market. I would not pay more than 500 euros for the 10 GB model and 520 euros for the 12 GB model.
• GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: there are hardly any new units left, and it’s best to pass on it and go straight for the GeForce RTX 4070.
• GeForce RTX 3090: the same as the previous one, although in this case we would have to go for a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti.
• GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: there are no new units available at a sensible price. It is worth looking for it second hand if you are going to use it for work in addition to gaming, and if you are going to take advantage of its 24 GB of graphics memory, but only in that specific case.

Personally, I would completely pass on the GeForce RTX 30 except for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti if we can buy it for less than 350 euros, and I would go straight for the GeForce RTX 40, as they offer a more interesting value not only for performance, but also for power efficiency and DLSS 3 (frame generation) support.

• GeForce RTX 4060: we can buy it for less than 310 euros, and at that level it is an excellent price that makes it the best in its range.
• GeForce RTX 4060 Ti: its price has fluctuated quite a bit, but ideally. less than 400 euros for the 8 GB model and less than 440 euros for the 16 GB model.
• GeForce RTX 4070: one of the best graphics cards of its generation for price-performance value. Enter 570 and 580 euros would be a good price.
• GeForce RTX 4070 Ti: if found by 850 euros or less is a good buy.
• GeForce RTX 4080: this model still has a rather high price tag, but from 1,150 euros it would be a good buy. for the difference it makes in ray tracing, and also for the value of DLSS 3.5 (frame generation and ray reconstruction).
• GeForce RTX 4090: is the most powerful graphics card available, and therefore the most expensive. Without resorting to refurbished the lowest price at which I have found it have been. 1,699.99 euros.