(for home intro: GPU prices are improving, and stock is back. If you're buying a new graphics card, our comparison of real-world cost per frame will help you in that pursuit. We have gathered data across 10 countries to see how global pricing stacks up.)
Graphics card prices are slowly improving. Things still aren't great, but three months ago, when we last looked at GPU cost per frame, we found that the vast majority of models weren't even in stock or available to purchase. Today, in most regions, you can actually buy the entire lineups from Nvidia and AMD – albeit not always at their MSRP – so it's time to revisit real-world graphics card prices and see how things are going after the launch of the GeForce RTX 5060 and Radeon RX 9060 XT.
In this update, we'll be looking at pricing in 10 regions – that's the most countries we've examined in one of these articles. We've chosen the top 10 countries based on the audience for our reviews and researched suitable retailers in those markets.
We've calculated the actual real-world cost per frame in all of these countries, and it's very interesting to see how competitive Nvidia and AMD are on a more global scale than just in the United States. We know many of you reading this aren't in the US and are disappointed when prices where you live don't match the so-called "global" MSRP, so this is for you.
We'll kick things off with a quick recap of the cost per frame using the current globally announced MSRP in US dollars. This is based on our latest gaming performance data at 1440p from the Radeon 9060 XT 16GB review. Unfortunately, we haven't put the 8GB model through this benchmark suite yet, so it's not listed here, but we don't recommend it anyway for other reasons.
Cost Per Frame at MSRP (Theoretical Baseline)
At MSRP, the Radeon RX 9060 XT and RX 9070 XT offer great value compared to other options on the market. The 9060 XT should be 17% cheaper per frame than the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, thanks to an $80 lower MSRP, while the RX 9070 XT should be 16% cheaper per frame than the RTX 5070 Ti.
Both of these cards sneak under our threshold for Radeon value in 2025: considering the increased ray tracing performance of RDNA 4 along with the introduction of FSR 4, we believe Radeon cards should be around 15% cheaper per frame than GeForce cards to earn our recommendation. At MSRP, in both of these crucial battles, AMD is meeting that criteria.
We can also see that the 9060 XT 16GB should offer around 8% better value than the RTX 5060 in terms of raw performance, while also offering double the VRAM – a significant advantage now that 8GB is insufficient for gaming in 2025. The RTX 5080 and 5090 aren't especially good value, as they face no real competition, but the 5080 should be no more than 18% more expensive per frame than a 5070 Ti.
Lastly, we also have the Intel Arc B580 and B570 in these charts, which sit at the top, offering the best cost per frame at MSRP. However, the value the B580 offers isn't amazing compared to the 9060 XT – granted, the Radeon model is quite a bit more expensive.
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