Yes AV1 Decoding — 46 Graphics Cards Compared

Decision table

Yes AV1 Decoding: which one for what?

The 46 models on this page are scored only against each other, for the use you pick. Scores come from the spec sheets; no price and no advertising go in.

What will you use it for? Gaming Content Creation Quiet operation Films & Video

Leads for Gaming: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509094%

Leads for Content Creation: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509095%

Leads for Quiet operation: AMD Radeon RX 660076%

Leads for Films & Video: Intel Arc A31078%

#24#21#13#25
AMD Radeon RX 6700AMD
10 GB · 2450 MHz · 175 W
74% 67% 62% 64%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- 175 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 175 W — among the frugal ones here
#40#37#2#20
AMD Radeon RX 9060AMD
8 GB · 2990 MHz · 132 W
69% 60% 76% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Quiet operation
- 132 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 132 W — among the frugal ones here
#23#25#23#32
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GREAMD
12 GB · 2790 MHz · 220 W
75% 65% 59% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#26#32#31#14
Intel Arc A770 8GBIntel
8 GB · Xe HPG · 2100 MHz
74% 62% 57% 74%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
#19#26#20#11
Intel Arc B580Intel
12 GB · Xe2 · 2670 MHz
76% 65% 60% 75%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 190 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 190 W — among the frugal ones here
#32#28#10#4
Intel Arc B570Intel
10 GB · Xe2 · 2500 MHz
71% 64% 64% 77%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
#16#20#30#13
Intel Arc A770 16GBIntel
16 GB · Xe HPG · 2100 MHz
78% 70% 57% 74%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 560 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
#7#29#44#42
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD
16 GB · 2310 MHz · 335 W
84% 62% 51% 59%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 576 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#39#36#14#6
AMD Radeon RX 7600AMD
8 GB · 2655 MHz · 165 W
69% 60% 62% 76%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 165 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 165 W — among the frugal ones here
#17#33#4#35
AMD Radeon RX 6800AMD
16 GB · 2105 MHz · 250 W
77% 60% 68% 61%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Quiet operation
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#12#34#39#37
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD
16 GB · 2250 MHz · 300 W
80% 60% 53% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#21#43#32#34
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XTAMD
12 GB · 2600 MHz · 250 W
75% 57% 56% 61%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#38#46#16#24
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD
8 GB · 2635 MHz · 180 W
69% 51% 61% 64%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 180 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 180 W — among the frugal ones here
#20#42#27#30
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD
12 GB · 2581 MHz · 230 W
75% 57% 57% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#36#44#1#19
AMD Radeon RX 6600AMD
8 GB · 2491 MHz · 132 W
69% 51% 76% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Quiet operation
- 132 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 132 W — among the frugal ones here
#37#45#12#23
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XTAMD
8 GB · 2589 MHz · 160 W
69% 51% 63% 64%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 160 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 160 W — among the frugal ones here
#22#24#28#36
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD
12 GB · 2544 MHz · 245 W
75% 65% 57% 61%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#15#8#34#39
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD
16 GB · 2430 MHz · 263 W
79% 82% 55% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 624 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#6#3#41#43
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD
20 GB · 2400 MHz · 315 W
85% 88% 52% 59%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 20 GB of memory
- 800 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 20 GB of memory
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#2#2#45#16
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD
24 GB · 2500 MHz · 355 W
88% 89% 51% 71%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 24 GB of memory
- 960 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 GB of memory
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
#18#22#3#7
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XTAMD
16 GB · 3130 MHz · 160 W
76% 67% 75% 76%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Quiet operation
- 160 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 160 W — among the frugal ones here
#11#18#35#15
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD
16 GB · 2245 MHz · 260 W
81% 70% 55% 73%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 576 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
#13#35#40#38
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD
16 GB · 2250 MHz · 300 W
80% 60% 53% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#9#19#22#31
AMD Radeon RX 9070AMD
16 GB · 2520 MHz · 220 W
82% 70% 59% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 640 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#46#39#9#5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA
8 GB · Blackwell · 2570 MHz
65% 59% 65% 77%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 130 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 130 W — among the frugal ones here
#28#10#42#44
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA
16 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2510 MHz
74% 77% 52% 59%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#27#9#38#41
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPERNVIDIA
16 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2610 MHz
74% 77% 54% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#29#11#43#45
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPERNVIDIA
16 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2550 MHz
74% 77% 52% 59%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#45#38#8#3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060NVIDIA
8 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2460 MHz
65% 59% 65% 78%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 115 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 115 W — among the frugal ones here
#34#14#24#33
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPERNVIDIA
12 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2480 MHz
70% 75% 59% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#14#7#46#46
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA
24 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2520 MHz
80% 83% 50% 58%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 24 GB of memory
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 GB of memory
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#35#15#37#40
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 TiNVIDIA
12 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2610 MHz
70% 75% 54% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#33#13#21#27
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA
12 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2480 MHz
70% 75% 60% 63%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 200 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 200 W — among the frugal ones here
#30#23#19#9
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XTAMD
16 GB · 2755 MHz · 190 W
72% 66% 60% 75%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 190 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 190 W — among the frugal ones here
#44#17#11#21
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060NVIDIA
8 GB · Blackwell · 2500 MHz
68% 71% 64% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 145 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 145 W — among the frugal ones here
#43#27#15#8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2540 MHz
68% 65% 62% 76%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 165 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 165 W — among the frugal ones here
#25#31#29#12
Intel Arc A750Intel
8 GB · Xe HPG · 2050 MHz
74% 62% 57% 74%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
#31#30#17#10
Intel Arc A580Intel
8 GB · Xe HPG · 1700 MHz
71% 62% 61% 75%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 185 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 185 W — among the frugal ones here
#42#41#6#2
Intel Arc A380Intel
6 GB · Xe HPG · 2000 MHz
68% 58% 66% 78%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 75 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 75 W — among the frugal ones here
#41#40#5#1
Intel Arc A310Intel
4 GB · Xe HPG · 2000 MHz
68% 58% 66% 78%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 75 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
- 75 W — among the frugal ones here
#10#16#7#17
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2572 MHz
82% 73% 66% 69%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Ray-tracing hardware
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- 180 W — among the frugal ones here
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 180 W — among the frugal ones here
- Current model — 18 months on the market
#5#12#25#26
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XTAMD
16 GB · RDNA 4 · 2970 MHz
87% 75% 58% 64%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 640 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- Current model — 19 months on the market
#8#6#18#18
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070NVIDIA
12 GB · Blackwell · 2512 MHz
83% 85% 61% 66%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 672 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- Current model — 19 months on the market
#3#4#26#22
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2452 MHz
88% 88% 58% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 896 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- Current model — 19 months on the market
#1#1#36#29
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090NVIDIA
32 GB · Blackwell · 2410 MHz
94% 95% 55% 63%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 32 GB of memory
- 1792 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 32 GB of memory
- AV1 encoder
- Current model — 20 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 20 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- Current model — 20 months on the market
#4#5#33#28
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080NVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2617 MHz
88% 88% 56% 63%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 960 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
- Current model — 20 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
- Current model — 20 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 20 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- Current model — 20 months on the market