2 Encoder Count — 8 Graphics Cards Compared

Decision table

2 Encoder Count: which one for what?

The 8 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 508086%

Leads for Content Creation: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 409084%

Leads for Quiet operation: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti66%

Leads for Films & Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti69%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPERNVIDIA
16 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2610 MHz
72% 72% 64% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 285 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 285 W — among the frugal ones here
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 TiNVIDIA
12 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2610 MHz
68% 70% 64% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
- 285 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 285 W — among the frugal ones here
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPERNVIDIA
16 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2550 MHz
72% 72% 55% 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
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA
16 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2510 MHz
72% 72% 55% 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
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090NVIDIA
24 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2520 MHz
80% 84% 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
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XTAMD
16 GB · RDNA 4 · 2970 MHz
80% 65% 64% 68%
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 5070 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2452 MHz
83% 80% 66% 69%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 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
- 300 W — among the frugal ones here
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
- 300 W — among the frugal ones here
- Current model — 19 months on the market
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080NVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2617 MHz
86% 83% 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