Today, NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel are the only three laptop graphics card manufacturers on the market. NVIDIA and AMD focus on the discrete graphics card, while Intel mainly concentrates on integrated graphics for laptop processors. As we all know, integrated graphics generally have low performance. NVIDIA dominates the laptop graphics card market, while AMD occupies a lower market share than NVIDIA. Now, let’s take a look at the ranking of the best laptop graphics cards. For users planning to purchase a laptop for the first time, this ranking of the best laptop GPUs will serve as an excellent reference.
For users planning to buy a laptop with a dedicated graphics card for gaming, the GeForce 1000 series would be a good choice. If users need to run games on the laptop that have high graphics requirements (such as “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”), a laptop with a GTX 1050 Ti or higher graphics card is more ideal.
However, if users only need to run common 3D online games like ‘CrossFire’ and ‘League of Legends’, a laptop with AMD series graphics cards (such as the MX150 and MX130) can meet the requirements. Even using Intel processor integrated graphics like the UHD620 and HD620 can basically handle these games.
Best Laptop Graphics Card Ranking List
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| GeForce 700M | GeForce 800M | GeForce 900M | GeForce 1000 | Radeon R400 | Radeon R300M | Radeon R200M | Radeon HD 8000M | Intel | |
| GTX1080 | |||||||||
| GTX1070 | |||||||||
| GTX 980M | |||||||||
| GTX1060 | R9 M395X | ||||||||
| GTX1050Ti | R9 M395 | R9 M295X | |||||||
| GTX 880M | GTX 970M | R9 M390X | |||||||
| GTX 780M | GTX1050 | R9 M290X | |||||||
| GTX 870M | RX460 | HD 8970M | |||||||
| R9 M390 | |||||||||
| GTX 770M | R9 M385X | ||||||||
| GTX 860M (1152SP) | GTX 960M | R9 280X | |||||||
| GTX 765M | GTX 950M | R9 M385 | Iris Pro 580 | ||||||
| GTX 860M (640SP) | R9 M380 | ||||||||
| GTX 760M | GTX 850M | R9 M375X | R9 M275X | ||||||
| MX150 | R9 M375 | HD 8870M | |||||||
| GT 755M | GT 940MX | R9 M370X | R9 M270X | Iris 550/540 | |||||
| MX130 | Vega 10CU/8CU | ||||||||
| GT 750M | GT 940M | R7 2700 | R9 M365X | R9 M265X | HD 8850M | Iris Pro 6200 | |||
| GT 840M | GT 930MX | MX110 | |||||||
| GT 745M | GT 930M | R5 2600 | Iris 6100 | ||||||
| GT 740M | GT 825M | GT 920MX | UHD 620/Iris Pro 5200 | ||||||
| GT 920M | R7 M360 | R7 M260X | HD 620 | ||||||
| GT 830M | R7 M265 | HD 8790M | Iris 5100 | ||||||
| GT 730M | R7 M260 | HD 8670M | |||||||
| GT 735M | |||||||||
| GT 820M | HD 8570M | HD 5000 | |||||||
| GT 720M | |||||||||
| 710M | HD 530/520/515 | ||||||||
| R5 M255 | |||||||||
| R5 M330 | |||||||||
| R5 M230 | HD 510 | ||||||||
| HD 4400 | |||||||||
| GT 810M | |||||||||
| HD 4200 | |||||||||
| HD 4000 | |||||||||
Laptop graphics card purchase tips
Since NVIDIA is currently the main manufacturer in the laptop graphics card market, we will prioritize its graphics card products. This year, NVIDIA launched the new generation GTX 1000 series graphics cards, including the GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, GTX 1050 Ti, and GTX 1050, all of which are good choices. If the budget is limited, more affordable NVIDIA graphics cards such as the GTX 980M, GTX 970M, GTX 965M, GTX 960M, and GTX 950M can be selected. As for AMD, most of its graphics cards on sale are older-generation products, which have poorer performance than NVIDIA graphics cards. Therefore, laptops equipped with AMD discrete graphics cards are not common in the market.
