12 GB Memory Size — 15 Graphics Cards Compared

Decision table

12 GB Memory Size: which one for what?

The 15 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 507082%

Leads for Content Creation: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 507081%

Leads for Quiet operation: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 306066%

Leads for Films & Video: Intel Arc B58077%

#6#10#5#5
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GREAMD
12 GB · 2790 MHz · 220 W
72% 59% 59% 63%
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
#7#14#8#7
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XTAMD
12 GB · 2581 MHz · 230 W
71% 50% 58% 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
#5#9#9#8
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XTAMD
12 GB · 2544 MHz · 245 W
72% 59% 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
#11#2#4#4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA
12 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2480 MHz
68% 70% 62% 64%
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
#2#5#3#1
Intel Arc B580Intel
12 GB · Xe2 · 2670 MHz
76% 63% 63% 77%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 456 GB/s memory bandwidth
- 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
#10#6#2#11
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060NVIDIA
12 GB · Turing · 1650 MHz
68% 62% 65% 57%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- 185 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- 185 W — among the frugal ones here
#9#8#14#14
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 TiNVIDIA
12 GB · Ampere · 1670 MHz
71% 62% 50% 50%
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.
#8#7#13#13
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080NVIDIA
12 GB · Ampere · 1710 MHz
71% 62% 50% 50%
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.
#15#15#1#2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060NVIDIA
12 GB · Ampere · 1780 MHz
65% 50% 66% 70%
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
- 170 W — among the frugal ones here
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- 170 W — among the frugal ones here
#13#4#12#10
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 TiNVIDIA
12 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2610 MHz
68% 70% 53% 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
#12#3#6#6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPERNVIDIA
12 GB · Ada Lovelace · 2480 MHz
68% 70% 59% 63%
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
#4#13#11#9
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XTAMD
12 GB · 2600 MHz · 250 W
72% 51% 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
#1#1#7#3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070NVIDIA
12 GB · Blackwell · 2512 MHz
82% 81% 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
#3#12#10#12
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPUNVIDIA
12 GB · Blackwell · 60-115 W
76% 55% 55% 55%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 19 months on the market
#14#11#15#15
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPUNVIDIA
12 GB · Ada Lovelace · 60-150 W
66% 57% 45% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 44 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 44 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 44 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 44 months on the market — a successor may be near