Graphics Card (Cooling/VRM) Tier List (Navi Update)

[roastpotato]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/324587706386?epid=16028670613&hash=item4b92ef5812:g:qxsAAOSwo59gg13p

[GamerDude]

With Adrenalin 21.4.1, and my usual UV/Power Limit/aggressive fan setting, and after more than one hour of COD MW WZ SP campaign (room's at a comfy 23C), I took a screenshot of the max sensor readings with latest version of GPU-Z:

 

Temps look pretty good, this is while gaming at 3840x1080, max ingame + RT enabled.....buttery smooth. Pretty amazed at the high memory usage (dedicated). CPU's being cooled by a 360mm AIO in a CM H500M which has great airflow. I think it's pretty nifty to see good temps on a high end card, which usually runs hot, just ask my Vega 64 Red Devil.

 

[imide]

On 3/19/2019 at 1:56 PM, LukeSavenije said:

Credit to: @GoldenLag, @XR6

Disclaimer:

 

This list only covers the GTX 1000 series, GTX 1600 series and RTX 2000 series for Nvidia, RX 500 series, 5700 and RX Vega for AMD. Cards are not prefered between AMD or Nvidia or any brand listed here. Notes may be included with some of the cards. Tiers are based on facts. We rate on known problems, vrm and cooling capacity.

 

List is subject to change at any time, due to change in sources available.

 

Italics: estimated possition

 

*=best blower cards (use vapor chamber cooling)

 

AMD (RX 57XX)

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Tier S The best (Highest end PCB, exceeding cards)

AMD: Reference with custom cooler

Gigabyte: Aorus

MSI: Gaming X

Powercolor: Red Devil

Sapphire: Nitro+

XFX: Thicc III

 

Tier A High end (great cooling)

Gigabyte: Gaming OC

Sapphire: Pulse

Powercolor: Red Dragon

MSI: Evoke (after fix), Mech (after fix)

XFX: Thicc II (after fix), RAW II (after fix)

 

Tier B High-Midrange (midrange cooling)

Asus: ROG Strix

Asrock: Challenger, taichi

 

Tier C Midrange (borderline cooler)

MSI: Evoke, Mech

XFX: Thicc II, RAW II

 

Tier D Low-Midrange (hot running cards, can be solved with a 3rd party cooler or slight modifications)

Asus: Founders/Blower, TUF X3

Asrock: Founders/Blower

Gigabyte: Founders/Blower

Powercolor: Founders/Blower

MSI: Founders/Blower

Sapphire: Founders/Blower

XFX: Founders/Blower

AMD (RX 5XX)

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Tier A High end (great pcb, great cooler)

Asus: ROG Strix, Arez Strix

Gigabyte: Aorus, Aorus XTR

Powercolor: Red Devil, Golden Sample

Sapphire: Nitro+, Nitro+ SE

 

Tier B High-Midrange (good cooler, decent pcb)

Asrock: Phantom Gaming U, Phantom Gaming X

Asus: (Arez) Dual, Expedition

Gigabyte: Gaming (OC)

MSI: Armor MK2, Gaming (X)

Sapphire: Pulse

XFX: Black, GTR-S, GTS, Black Core, XXX

 

Tier C Midrange (meh cooler, good enough pcb)

Asrock: Phantom Gaming D

Diamond: D5

XFX: Fatboy

 

Tier D Low-Midrange (hot running cards, can be solved with aftermarket cooler)

AMD: Reference blower

MSI: Armor, V1

Sapphire: Pulse ITX

Visiontech: overclocked

AMD (RX VEGA)

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Tier A High end (Best cooled cards, great PCB)

Powercolor: Red Devil

Sapphire: Nitro+

 

Tier B High-Midrange (great cooled cards, good PCB)

AMD: Liquid, Frontier liquid

Asus: ROG Strix, Arez Strix (after fixes on vrm)

Gigabyte: Watercooling

HIS: Liquid

MSI: Wave

Powercolor: Red Dragon, liquid

Sapphire: Pulse, liquid

XFX: Liquid

 

Tier C Midrange (okay cooled cards, okay pcb)

AMD: VII reference

Asus: VII reference

Asrock: Phantom Gaming X VII

Gigabyte: Gaming OC, VII reference

Powercolor: AXVII

Sapphire: VII reference

XFX: VII reference

 

Tier D Low-end (hot cards, can be solved with 3rd party cooler)

AMD: Reference, Frontier

Asrock: Phantom gaming X VEGA

Gigabyte: Silver

HIS: Air, limited

MSI: Air Boost, iron, reference

Powercolor: nano, limited, reference

XFX: LDFF6

Nvidia (RTX 20xx/GTX 16xx)

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Tier S The best (used for LN2 overclocking)

EVGA: K|ngP|n

Galax: HOF air/water

KFA2: HOF air/water

MSI: Lightning Z

 

Tier A High end (great PCB, hybrid/watercooled cards)

Asus: ROG Matrix, ROG Poseidon

Evga: FTW3 Hybrid, XC Hybrid Gaming, FTW3 Hydro Copper

Gigabyte: Aorus Xtreme Waterforce

MSI: Sea Hawk (X)

 

Tier B High-Midrange (great PCB, high end cooler)

Asus: ROG Strix

Evga: FTW3 Ultra/Elite, XC Ultra, XC2 Ultra, FTW 3

Gigabyte: Aorus Xtreme, Aorus

Inno3D: iChill (Black)

MSI: Gaming (X) Trio, Lightning X, Duke

Zotac: AMP! Extreme (Core), AMP! Omega, AMP MAXX

 

Tier C Midrange (good PCB, midrange cooler)

Colorful: Vulcan X (OC)

Evga: SC2, XC Black

Galax: SG

Gigabyte: Gaming OC, OC Black

Nvidia: Founders

MSI: Gaming Z, Armor, Gaming (X)

Palit: (Super) Jetstream

PNY: XLR8

Zotac: AMP

 

Tier D Low-Midrange (okay cooled cards, decent enough pcb)

Asus: Dual

Galax: Dual, EXOC Snpr, EX

Gainward: Phoenix (GS)

Inno3D: Twinx2, Gaming OC

Leadtek: Cyclone

KFA2: OC, Dual

Palit: GamePro, Gamerock (premium), Dual, StormX, Pegasus

Zotac: Gaming

 

Tier E: Low end (hot running cards, can be solved with aftermarket cooler)

Asus: Turbo, Phoenix, LP

Diamond: RX

Evga: Gaming

Galax: Blower, OC Mini

Gigabyte: Turbo, Mini Itx OC

Inno3D: Jet

MSI: Aero, Ventus, ITX

Palit: KalmX

PNY: Blower

Zotac: Blower, Mini, Low Profile

Nvidia (GTX 10xx)

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Tier S The best (used for LN2 overclocking)

EVGA: K|ngP|n

Galax: HOF

KFA2: HOF

MSI: Lightning X

 

Tier A High end (great pcb, water/hybrid cooled)

Asus: ROG Matrix, ROG Poseidon

Corsair: Hydro

Evga: FTW3 Hybrid, FTW3 Hydro Copper, SC2 Hybrid

Gigabyte: Aorus Xtreme Waterforce

Inno3D: iChill X3 JEKYLL

MSI: Sea Hawk X

 

Tier B High-Midrange (great pcb, great aircooling)

Asus: ROG Strix

Evga: FTW3 Ultra, FTW3 Elite, FTW ACX 3.0, FTW ICX

Gigabyte: Aorus Xtreme, G1 Rock

Inno3D: iChill Black

Gigabyte: Aorus, Aorus Xtreme

MSI: Gaming (X) Trio, Lightning Z, Duke

Zotac: AMP! Extreme, AMP! Extreme Core

 

Tier C Midrange (decent pcb, decent cooler)

Colorful: Vulcan X, Vulcan X OC

Evga: ICX, SC Black, SC2, SC2 Elite, SC ACX 2.0, SSC ACX 3.0, SSC, SSC2, FTW+ DT, FTW+

Galax: SG

Gigabyte: G1 Gaming

HIS: IceQ X² Turbo, IceQ X² Roaring Turbo

Inno3D: Ichill

Leadtek: Hurricane OC

MSI: Gaming (X), Gaming Z

Powercolor: Liquid

Palit: Super Jetstream

PNY: XLR8

 

Tier D Low-Midrange End (okay cooler, okay pcb)

Asus: Dual, Expedition, Cerberus

Galax: Dual, EXOC Snpr, EX, SG

Gainward: Phoenix, Phoenix GS, Pegasos

Gigabyte: Gaming OC, Windforce, OC Black, G1, D5

Inno3D: Twinx2, Gaming OC

Leadtek: Hurricane, Cyclone

KFA2: OC, Dual

Palit: GamePro, Jetstream, Gamerock, Gamerock Premium

Zotac: Gaming, Amp!

 

Tier E Low End (hot running cards, some can be solved with 3rd party coolers)

Asus: Turbo*, Phoenix, TUF, LP

Diamond: RX

Evga: Gaming

Galax: Blower, Katana, OC LP, OC Mini

Gigabyte: Turbo, Mini Itx OC, Silver, OC Low profile

HIS: iCooler, Slim-iCooler

Inno3D: Jet, Compact, 1-Slot Edition

KFA2: Virtual look

Leadtek: Classic, rev. B, Passive, Single fan

MSI: Aero, ITX, Reference, Armor, LP

Nvidia: Founders Edition*

Palit: StormX, Pegasus, KalmX, Dual

PNY: Blower Style, single fan

Zotac: Blower, Mini, Low Profile

Useful links:

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https://www.overclock.net/forum/69-nvidia/1706276-official-nvidia-rtx-2080-ti-owner-s-club.html#/topics/1706276?page=1

(A binned chips or not)

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SUo4dDiBYMEKw3Iv7s6UiDesQapBl9Nb2ZTie7URq78/edit?usp=drivesdk

(sheet of 5700/5700XT cards)

Notes:

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You hate tier lists? don't use them. there are people who love them just for the simplicity of looking something up and go on, let those people have something

(by @Crunchy Dragon)

Update Log:

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19-03-2019: release

19-03-2019: added a couple EVGA cards

20-03-2019: changed name, moved cards

24-03-2019: moved some zotac cards

5-08-2019: moved reddragon

26-09-2019: re-arranged units, separated in series, added Navi cards

26-09-2019 (2): Palit StormX/Gainward Pegasos a tier up, removed Asrock out of vidia, temporary positions for nitro+/TUF x3/Taichi

 

new tier list

 

3060ti and 3080 s tier

the rest are f

[MrBrightSyde]

4 hours ago, imide said:

new tier list

 

3060ti and 3080 s tier

the rest are f

...this is a cooling tier list, not a GPU tier list

[Ralf]

Where would you put the Gainward Phantom Golden Sample and Goes Like Hell?

https://www.igorslab.de/en/gainward-rtx-2080-phantom-glh-im-test-sense-card-behind-grids/2/

[IcyByte]

Where would an EVGA RTX 2070 BLACK be? I see XC BLACK but not just BLACK

[kinglau66]

Is this list going to be updated for rtx3000?

Such a good tier list, will be missed

[Booterbotter]

On 8/9/2021 at 2:11 AM, kinglau66 said:

Is this list going to be updated for rtx3000?

Such a good tier list, will be missed

same thoughts here

[NotSerious]

On 8/8/2021 at 10:41 PM, kinglau66 said:

Is this list going to be updated for rtx3000?

Such a good tier list, will be missed

RTX3000 will be affordable after Ethereum update and not being able to mine it anymore.

We need the tier list back guys!

[CorruptedTech]

On 3/19/2019 at 2:20 PM, jiyeon said:

As an Asus Dual owner, I can vouch for the absolutely crude cooling solution, specifically the fans on this hot boy. (No pun intended)

Lol same Dual fan strix 1050ti.

[Tech Reprise]

Any updates on the RX 6000 series. I own a MSI Mech 2x and the card is surprisingly pretty cool and always hits the AMD Boost clocks of 2669Mhz

[MultiGamerClub]

On 10/26/2021 at 11:30 AM, NotSerious said:

RTX3000 will be affordable after Ethereum update and not being able to mine it anymore.

We need the tier list back guys!

I paid 18000NOK with a 10% discount because i had spent some other 12000NOK on the store.. The fact that i paid 2010USD in September.. And the same card is now costing 2525$

 

Not sure if it was worth blowing almost my first cars value from 2012.. for a MSI RTX GEFORCE 3080 TI SUPRIM X

Also yeah i would love to get the tier list back.. Unless i get too lazy and make one.

[ahmad13610]

On 12/8/2021 at 7:40 PM, MultiGamerClub said:

I paid 18000NOK with a 10% discount because i had spent some other 12000NOK on the store.. The fact that i paid 2010USD in September.. And the same card is now costing 2525$

 

Not sure if it was worth blowing almost my first cars value from 2012.. for a MSI RTX GEFORCE 3080 TI SUPRIM X

Also yeah i would love to get the tier list back.. Unless i get too lazy and make one.

that bold show his power

 

yea good trade

[IcyByte]

On 12/6/2021 at 8:53 AM, R2G_RR94 said:

Any updates on the RX 6000 series. I own a MSI Mech 2x and the card is surprisingly pretty cool and always hits the AMD Boost clocks of 2669Mhz

I'd like to see that as well. My GIGABYTE 6700XT GAMING OC seems to do horrifically at idle but very well under load

[MultiGamerClub]

Would there be much difference getting a ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 TI ROG Strix LC OC than a ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 TI TUF Gaming OC outside the first card having a hybrid version.

 

What is technicly better between these cards?

The hybrid solution or the slightly higher clocked latter asus card?

[csmt]

Does a cooling/vrm tier list for 30xx cards exist?

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Is there a similar list somewhere for the newer AMD 6xxx or RTX 3xxx?
Could this list be updated to include those maybe?

[congchuabuoito]

Can you give me the tier list of RTX3xxx, AMD 6xxx, please ?

[LinusIsAMillionare]

I have an EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked w/ EVGA ACX Cooler. Sad to see that the SC ACX 2.0 is only ranked as C tier. Even though this tier list is for the 10 series, it is the same Superclocked (SC) family and with and the updated 2nd gen ACX cooler. My 780 Ti only has the original cooler design, though maybe this design could have been good back in the day relative to the other 700 series designs. Who knows?

[Mick Naughty]

15 minutes ago, LinusIsAMillionare said:

I have an EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked w/ EVGA ACX Cooler. Sad to see that the SC ACX 2.0 is only ranked as C tier. Even though this tier list is for the 10 series, it is the same Superclocked (SC) family and with and the updated 2nd gen ACX cooler. My 780 Ti only has the original cooler design, though maybe this design could have been good back in the day relative to the other 700 series designs. Who knows?

Right where it should be using a reference board. As all sc and ssc tend to be. 

[Vishera]

Isn't it time to update the OP?, It's already 2 generations behind.

[Indian pc builder]

On 11/4/2022 at 5:49 PM, Vishera said:

Isn't it time to update the OP?, It's already 2 generations behind.

I agree I need an update on the actual rtx performance of rx 7000 vs the performance of rtx 4000 in ray traced tasks 

[slightly_senile]

I need some advice please 

I opened my gtx 1070 ti to clean it and apply new thermal paste and pads

I used 1mm thick thermal pads on the gpu because and I only had enough cash for 1 set of thermal pads

The problem is now my gpu die is not making contact with the heatsink and is running on 82c at 100% usage the entire time 

[Mick Naughty]

3 hours ago, slightly_senile said:

I need some advice please 

I opened my gtx 1070 ti to clean it and apply new thermal paste and pads

I used 1mm thick thermal pads on the gpu because and I only had enough cash for 1 set of thermal pads

The problem is now my gpu die is not making contact with the heatsink and is running on 82c at 100% usage the entire time 

Well what more do you need to know aside from the pads being too think?

Assuming that’s what you seen when you took it back apart. 

[Chiyawa]

Is this thread still active? Need to know which brand or model are better for AMD RX 6000 XT series, specifically, RX 6700 XT or RX 6750 XT. Don't factor in the price.