Timeline: real rendering speed across five generations
Every card is plotted by launch date and Blender Open Data median GPU rendering score. Hover for MSRP, benchmark count, score-per-dollar, and relative speed vs GTX 1080 Ti.
Rendering speed exploration
Change axes and filters. The bubble size is the Blender Open Data sample count, so popular cards visually carry more evidence.
Launch value: rendering score per MSRP dollar
This shows how much Blender throughput buyers theoretically got per launch-dollar. It is not adjusted for inflation or street-price chaos.
MSRP vs speed frontier
The upper-left edge is the attractive zone: cheaper and faster. Enthusiast flagships are often fast, not efficient.
Generation snapshots
Each generation’s internal ladder is uneven: xx60/xx70 cards often make the value story; xx80/xx90 cards define the absolute rendering ceiling.
Auditable data table
Search or click headers to sort. Notes preserve where the MSRP is a standard-board value, a Founders Edition split, or a memory-size variant.
| Series | Model | Architecture | Launch | MSRP | Blender score | Benchmarks | Score/$ | vs 1080 Ti | MSRP note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTX 10 | GTX 1050 | Pascal | 2016-10-25 | $109 | 174 | 39 | 1.59 | 0.21× | standard board MSRP |
| GTX 10 | GTX 1050 Ti | Pascal | 2016-10-25 | $139 | 209 | 76 | 1.50 | 0.25× | standard board MSRP |
| GTX 10 | GTX 1060 3GB | Pascal | 2016-08-18 | $199 | 271 | 33 | 1.36 | 0.33× | standard board MSRP |
| GTX 10 | GTX 1060 6GB | Pascal | 2016-07-19 | $249 | 360 | 62 | 1.45 | 0.44× | standard board MSRP; Founders Edition $299 |
| GTX 10 | GTX 1070 | Pascal | 2016-06-10 | $379 | 521 | 78 | 1.37 | 0.63× | standard board MSRP; Founders Edition $449 |
| GTX 10 | GTX 1070 Ti | Pascal | 2017-11-02 | $449 | 589 | 25 | 1.31 | 0.72× | launch MSRP |
| GTX 10 | GTX 1080 | Pascal | 2016-05-27 | $599 | 589 | 80 | 0.98 | 0.72× | standard board MSRP; Founders Edition $699 |
| GTX 10 | GTX 1080 Ti | Pascal | 2017-03-10 | $699 | 821 | 64 | 1.18 | 1.00× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 20 | RTX 2060 | Turing | 2019-01-15 | $349 | 1,558 | 168 | 4.46 | 1.90× | original launch MSRP; later TU104-150 refresh listed at $300 |
| RTX 20 | RTX 2060 Super | Turing | 2019-07-09 | $399 | 2,060 | 109 | 5.16 | 2.51× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 20 | RTX 2070 | Turing | 2018-10-17 | $499 | 2,107 | 65 | 4.22 | 2.56× | standard board MSRP; Founders Edition $599 |
| RTX 20 | RTX 2070 Super | Turing | 2019-07-09 | $499 | 2,225 | 103 | 4.46 | 2.71× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 20 | RTX 2080 | Turing | 2018-09-20 | $699 | 2,280 | 41 | 3.26 | 2.78× | standard board MSRP; Founders Edition $799 |
| RTX 20 | RTX 2080 Super | Turing | 2019-07-23 | $699 | 2,291 | 39 | 3.28 | 2.79× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 20 | RTX 2080 Ti | Turing | 2018-09-27 | $999 | 2,822 | 146 | 2.83 | 3.44× | standard board MSRP; Founders Edition $1199 |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3050 8GB | Ampere | 2022-01-27 | $249 | 1,353 | 141 | 5.43 | 1.65× | 8GB launch MSRP; 6GB 2024 model was $169 |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3060 | Ampere | 2021-02-25 | $329 | 2,154 | 630 | 6.55 | 2.62× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3060 Ti | Ampere | 2020-12-02 | $399 | 2,760 | 235 | 6.92 | 3.36× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3070 | Ampere | 2020-10-29 | $499 | 3,186 | 313 | 6.38 | 3.88× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3070 Ti | Ampere | 2021-06-10 | $599 | 3,494 | 114 | 5.83 | 4.25× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3080 | Ampere | 2020-09-17 | $699 | 4,529 | 575 | 6.48 | 5.51× | 10GB launch MSRP; 12GB variant launched at $799 |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3080 Ti | Ampere | 2021-06-03 | $1,199 | 5,316 | 207 | 4.43 | 6.47× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3090 | Ampere | 2020-09-24 | $1,499 | 5,412 | 629 | 3.61 | 6.59× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 30 | RTX 3090 Ti | Ampere | 2022-03-29 | $1,999 | 5,553 | 139 | 2.78 | 6.76× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4060 | Ada Lovelace | 2023-06-29 | $299 | 3,176 | 420 | 10.62 | 3.87× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4060 Ti 8GB | Ada Lovelace | 2023-05-24 | $399 | 3,941 | 334 | 9.88 | 4.80× | 8GB launch MSRP; 16GB variant $499 |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4070 | Ada Lovelace | 2023-04-13 | $599 | 5,213 | 262 | 8.70 | 6.35× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4070 Super | Ada Lovelace | 2024-01-17 | $599 | 6,233 | 472 | 10.41 | 7.59× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4070 Ti | Ada Lovelace | 2023-01-05 | $799 | 6,370 | 154 | 7.97 | 7.76× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4070 Ti Super | Ada Lovelace | 2024-01-24 | $799 | 7,116 | 249 | 8.91 | 8.66× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4080 | Ada Lovelace | 2022-11-16 | $1,199 | 8,388 | 218 | 7.00 | 10.21× | launch MSRP; excludes unlaunched RTX 4080 12GB |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4080 Super | Ada Lovelace | 2024-01-31 | $999 | 8,409 | 239 | 8.42 | 10.24× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 40 | RTX 4090 | Ada Lovelace | 2022-10-12 | $1,599 | 11,060 | 524 | 6.92 | 13.47× | launch MSRP; excludes China-only RTX 4090 D |
| RTX 50 | RTX 5050 | Blackwell | 2025-07-01 | $249 | 2,861 | 56 | 11.49 | 3.48× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 50 | RTX 5060 | Blackwell | 2025-05-19 | $299 | 3,679 | 366 | 12.30 | 4.48× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 50 | RTX 5060 Ti 8GB | Blackwell | 2025-04-16 | $379 | 4,307 | 639 | 11.37 | 5.24× | 8GB launch MSRP; 16GB variant $429 |
| RTX 50 | RTX 5070 | Blackwell | 2025-03-05 | $549 | 6,172 | 888 | 11.24 | 7.51× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 50 | RTX 5070 Ti | Blackwell | 2025-02-20 | $749 | 7,588 | 1,402 | 10.13 | 9.24× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 50 | RTX 5080 | Blackwell | 2025-01-30 | $999 | 9,138 | 1,415 | 9.15 | 11.13× | launch MSRP |
| RTX 50 | RTX 5090 | Blackwell | 2025-01-30 | $1,999 | 14,972 | 1,523 | 7.49 | 18.23× | launch MSRP |
Sources, method, and caveats
Benchmark source
Rendering performance comes from Blender Open Data query, grouped by device name. Blender defines its score as estimated Cycles path-tracing samples per minute summed for all benchmark scenes; higher is better. Version pinned here: Blender 4.5.0.
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MSRP / launch source
Launch dates and MSRP values were cross-checked against the GeForce generation specification tables: GTX 10, RTX 20, RTX 30, RTX 40, and RTX 50. The chart uses launch MSRP in nominal USD, not inflation-adjusted dollars.
desktop retail onlylaptops excludedChina-only/unlaunched excluded
Caveats: Blender Open Data is public-submission data, so sample counts vary by card and driver/OS/configuration. The pinned 4.5.0 dataset gives a good current comparable set, including older Pascal cards and RTX 50 cards. It is better for rendering-performance exploration than for gaming or ray-tracing feature comparisons. MSRP is launch MSRP; crypto booms, shortages, discounts, and used-market prices are intentionally not mixed in.