Yes HEVC Encoding — 45 Graphics Cards Compared

Decision table

Yes HEVC Encoding: which one for what?

The 45 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%

#42#41#7#28
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTAMD
8 GB · 1845 MHz · 130 W
66% 52% 65% 61%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 130 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- 130 W — among the frugal ones here
#43#42#13#34
AMD Radeon RX 570AMD
8 GB · 1244 MHz · 150 W
66% 52% 62% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
#32#23#12#33
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XTAMD
6 GB · 1560 MHz · 150 W
70% 64% 62% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
#44#44#10#31
AMD Radeon RX 480AMD
4 GB · 1266 MHz · 150 W
65% 50% 62% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
#40#37#20#43
AMD Radeon RX 580AMD
8 GB · 1340 MHz · 185 W
67% 53% 59% 58%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
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
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#45#45#8#25
AMD Radeon RX 560AMD
4 GB · 1275 MHz · 80 W
65% 50% 65% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 80 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- 80 W — among the frugal ones here
#26#20#29#44
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XTAMD
8 GB · 1905 MHz · 225 W
75% 67% 56% 57%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
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.
#6#24#42#41
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XTAMD
16 GB · 2310 MHz · 335 W
85% 64% 51% 59%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 576 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 GB of memory
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#35#31#17#3
AMD Radeon RX 7600AMD
8 GB · 2655 MHz · 165 W
70% 61% 61% 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
#15#28#4#36
AMD Radeon RX 6800AMD
16 GB · 2105 MHz · 250 W
79% 63% 66% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 512 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 GB of memory
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Quiet operation
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#11#29#40#39
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD
16 GB · 2250 MHz · 300 W
82% 63% 52% 59%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 512 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 GB of memory
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#19#34#37#35
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XTAMD
12 GB · 2600 MHz · 250 W
77% 60% 54% 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
#34#40#19#21
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XTAMD
8 GB · 2635 MHz · 180 W
70% 53% 60% 63%
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
#18#33#30#29
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD
12 GB · 2581 MHz · 230 W
77% 60% 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
#37#43#1#15
AMD Radeon RX 6600AMD
8 GB · 2491 MHz · 132 W
69% 52% 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
#33#39#14#18
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XTAMD
8 GB · 2589 MHz · 160 W
70% 53% 62% 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
#20#17#34#30
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD
12 GB · 2544 MHz · 245 W
77% 68% 55% 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
#14#7#39#37
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XTAMD
16 GB · 2430 MHz · 263 W
80% 84% 53% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 624 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 16 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
#7#4#43#42
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTAMD
20 GB · 2400 MHz · 315 W
85% 89% 51% 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#5#44#13
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXAMD
24 GB · 2500 MHz · 355 W
89% 89% 51% 70%
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
#21#14#3#4
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XTAMD
16 GB · 3130 MHz · 160 W
77% 69% 74% 76%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 GB of memory
- 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
#13#10#38#12
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GREAMD
16 GB · 2245 MHz · 260 W
82% 72% 54% 72%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 576 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 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
#12#30#41#40
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTAMD
16 GB · 2250 MHz · 300 W
82% 63% 52% 59%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 512 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 GB of memory
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- AV1 decoder
#9#11#25#26
AMD Radeon RX 9070AMD
16 GB · 2520 MHz · 220 W
83% 72% 57% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 640 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 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
#27#16#23#6
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XTAMD
16 GB · 2755 MHz · 190 W
73% 68% 58% 74%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 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
#24#26#31#9
Intel Arc A750Intel
8 GB · Xe HPG · 2050 MHz
76% 64% 56% 73%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 512 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
#28#25#21#7
Intel Arc A580Intel
8 GB · Xe HPG · 1700 MHz
73% 64% 59% 74%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 512 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
#38#35#6#2
Intel Arc A380Intel
6 GB · Xe HPG · 2000 MHz
69% 59% 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
#39#36#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
#36#32#2#16
AMD Radeon RX 9060AMD
8 GB · 2990 MHz · 132 W
70% 61% 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
#22#18#26#27
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GREAMD
12 GB · 2790 MHz · 220 W
77% 68% 57% 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
#25#27#33#11
Intel Arc A770 8GBIntel
8 GB · Xe HPG · 2100 MHz
76% 64% 56% 73%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 512 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
#17#15#24#8
Intel Arc B580Intel
12 GB · Xe2 · 2670 MHz
78% 69% 58% 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
#29#21#15#5
Intel Arc B570Intel
10 GB · Xe2 · 2500 MHz
73% 67% 62% 76%
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#13#32#10
Intel Arc A770 16GBIntel
16 GB · Xe HPG · 2100 MHz
79% 71% 56% 73%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 560 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 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
#31#22#11#32
AMD Radeon RX 5600AMD
6 GB · 1560 MHz · 150 W
70% 64% 62% 60%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- 150 W — among the frugal ones here
#30#19#18#38
AMD Radeon RX 5700AMD
8 GB · 1725 MHz · 180 W
72% 67% 60% 59%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- 180 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- 180 W — among the frugal ones here
#41#38#45#45
AMD Radeon RX 590AMD
8 GB · 1545 MHz
67% 53% 50% 54%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
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
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#23#12#16#22
AMD Radeon RX 6700AMD
10 GB · 2450 MHz · 175 W
76% 71% 61% 63%
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
#10#9#9#14
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2572 MHz
83% 75% 65% 68%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- Ray-tracing hardware
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- 16 GB of memory
- 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
#4#8#27#19
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XTAMD
16 GB · RDNA 4 · 2970 MHz
88% 77% 57% 64%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 640 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- 16 GB of memory
- 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#22#17
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070NVIDIA
12 GB · Blackwell · 2512 MHz
84% 87% 59% 65%
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
#5#2#28#20
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2452 MHz
88% 90% 57% 64%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 896 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 16 GB of memory
- 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#24
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
#3#3#35#23
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080NVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2617 MHz
89% 90% 55% 63%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 16 GB of memory
- 960 GB/s memory bandwidth
- Ray-tracing hardware
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 16 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