Graphics Card Database: Specs, Benchmarks and Pairings

Every graphics card in our database, with its specifications, where it sits in relative gaming performance, and which processors keep it fed rather than leaving it idle. Pick a card to see its full page, or run it against a processor in the calculator.

Cards are indexed on a relative scale where the RTX 4090 sits at 100, measured on raster performance at 1440p. That index is what drives every frame rate and bottleneck figure on this site, and the sources behind it are listed on our method page.

How to use this database

  • Shopping. Find the card you are considering, then check it against the processor you already own before you buy. The most common expensive mistake in PC building is pairing a fast card with a processor that cannot feed it.
  • Upgrading. Look up the card you have now and compare its index against the one you want. A jump of less than about 25% is rarely worth the money.
  • Troubleshooting. If your frame rate is lower than you expected, check whether your card or your processor is the limit before you replace either.

What the VRAM figure means

Video memory does not make a card faster, but running short of it is worse than being slightly slower. When a card runs out of VRAM, frame times spike rather than the average dropping, which feels like stuttering even when the frame counter looks healthy. As a rough guide, 8 GB is workable at 1080p, 12 GB is the comfortable floor at 1440p, and 16 GB is what high settings at 4K want.