For pushing polygon counts and crunching numbers for simulations, you want to have a capable GPU. So what have business buyers chosen for those tasks? We look at the best selling video cards broken down by sales volume and revenue.
The last time we looked at the best-selling video cards in the middle of the year, we took only sales revenue into account. This time, we’re sorting them into two lists, one based on sales revenue and another on volume.
These are the key takeaways and interesting trends we noticed:
- Plenty of buyers choose the GTX 970 with it showing up in first place on both lists.
- NVIDIA dominates both lists, with no AMD video cards showing up in the top five.
- In regards to video RAM, 4 GB seems to be the most popular configuration.
- The Titan X is the most expensive video card, costing over $1000. Unsurprisingly, it does not show up on the list ranked by units sold.
- Speaking of units sold, the Quadro line shows up prominently, taking three of the five spots.
- The least expensive video card is the PNY Quadro K620 2 GB with a price of $160 and it is the only card under $200.
- The average price of the video cards ranked by volume is $385.70.
Top Five Video Cards Ranked by Sales (Total Revenue)
| GPU | Maxwell GM204-200 |
| Clock Speed | 1165 MHz (Base), 1317 MHz (Boost) |
| Cores | 1664 |
| Ports | 1 x Dual-link DVI-I1 x Dual-link DVI-D1 x HDMI 2.01 x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Rating | 4/5 Eggs |
| Price | $345 |
| GPU | Kepler GK104GL |
| Clock Speed | 780 MHz |
| Cores | 1344 |
| Ports | 2 × DisplayPort1 × DVI-I |
| Rating | 4/5 Eggs |
| Price | $784 |
| GPU | Maxwell GM200-400 |
| Clock Speed | 1127 MHz (Base), 1216 MHz (Boost) |
| Cores | 3072 |
| Ports | 1 x DVI-I1 x HDMI3 x DisplayPort |
| Rating | 5/5 Eggs |
| Price | $1030 |
| GPU | Maxwell GM204-400 |
| Clock Speed | 1266 MHz (Base), 1367 MHz (Boost) |
| Cores | 2048 |
| Ports | 1 x DVI1 x HDMI3 x DisplayPort |
| Rating | 5/5 Eggs |
| Price | $510 |
| GPU | Maxwell GM200-310 |
| Clock Speed | 1102 MHz (Base), 1190 MHz (Boost) |
| Cores | 2816 |
| Ports | 1 x Dual-link DVI-I1 x HDMI 2.03 x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Rating | $660 |
| Price | 5/5 Eggs |
Top Five Video Cards Ranked by Volume (Units Sold)
| GPU | Maxwell GM204-200 |
| Clock Speed | 1165 MHz (Base), 1317 MHz (Boost) |
| Cores | 1664 |
| Ports | 1 x Dual-link DVI-I1 x Dual-link DVI-D1 x HDMI 2.01 x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Rating | 4/5 Eggs |
| Price | $345 |
| GPU | Maxwell GM206-300 |
| Clock Speed | 1279 MHz (Base), 1342 MHz (Boost) |
| Cores | 1024 |
| Ports | 1 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x HDMI 2.03 x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Rating | 5/5 Eggs |
| Price | $210 |
| GPU | Maxwell GM107GL |
| Clock Speed | 1000 MHz |
| Cores | 384 |
| Ports | 1 × DisplayPort1 × DVI |
| Rating | 4/5 Eggs |
| Price | $160 |
| GPU | Kepler GK104GL |
| Clock Speed | 780 MHz |
| Cores | 1344 |
| Ports | 2 × DisplayPort1 × DVI-I |
| Rating | 4/5 Eggs |
| Price | $784 |
| GPU | Maxwell GM107GL |
| Clock Speed | 1266 MHz |
| Cores | 640 |
| Ports | 2 × DisplayPort1 × DVI |
| Rating | 5/5 Eggs |
| Price | $429 |
Summary
Article Name
Best Selling Video Cards of 2015 - HardBoiled
Description
Trying to decide which video card to use in your build? We run through the best selling video cards of 2015, ranked by sales volume and revenue.
Author
Wallace Chu
not surprised to see AMD on that list.
OOPS im not surprised AMD DID NOT make the list.
FFS. Can’t believe the 970 beat the 390. Absolute idiots.