9th Gen NVENC Video Engine — 7 Graphics Cards Compared

Decision table

9th Gen NVENC Video Engine: which one for what?

The 7 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: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 505066%

Leads for Films & Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 505078%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060NVIDIA
8 GB · Blackwell · 2500 MHz
68% 70% 63% 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
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA
8 GB · Blackwell · 2570 MHz
65% 58% 66% 78%
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
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 TiNVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2572 MHz
79% 70% 66% 68%
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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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070NVIDIA
12 GB · Blackwell · 2512 MHz
80% 81% 63% 67%
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
- 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
85% 85% 60% 66%
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
- 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 5080NVIDIA
16 GB · Blackwell · 2617 MHz
87% 87% 58% 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
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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