HDMI 2.1b Display Outputs — 10 Graphics Cards Compared

Decision table

HDMI 2.1b Display Outputs: which one for what?

The 10 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 906078%

Leads for Films & Video: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT77%

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XTAMD
16 GB · 3130 MHz · 160 W
74% 63% 76% 77%
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
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AMD Radeon RX 9070AMD
16 GB · 2520 MHz · 220 W
79% 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
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 GREAMD
12 GB · 2790 MHz · 220 W
73% 61% 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
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AMD Radeon RX 9060AMD
8 GB · 2990 MHz · 132 W
68% 58% 78% 66%
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
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2572 MHz
80% 70% 67% 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
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XTAMD
16 GB · RDNA 4 · 2970 MHz
84% 70% 59% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 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
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070NVIDIA
12 GB · Blackwell · 2512 MHz
81% 81% 62% 67%
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
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2452 MHz
86% 84% 60% 66%
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
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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
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080NVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2617 MHz
86% 85% 57% 64%
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