Best value graphics cards and CPUs in the UK, November 2026

Prices read at 19:52 UK time on 12 November 2026. Written from VantaSpec's own price readings and checked by a person before publishing. Some shop links are affiliate links; they never decide what appears here (editorial policy).

The graphics card giving the most performance per pound in the UK today is the Inno3D RTX 5060 Twin X2 V2 8GB at £428.99, and the processor is the Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF 6+8 Core 4.2GHz LGA at £139.99. The tables rank every part in stock by an estimated performance score against its cheapest UK price, and show the fastest part each budget buys.

About the score: it runs from 1 to 100 and is worked out from each part's specification (for graphics cards, shader count and boost clock adjusted for memory bus width; for processors, core count and boost clock with a small allowance for cache). Estimated from manufacturer specifications, not measured. Useful for comparing similar parts; actual performance varies by game, driver and system.

The best value graphics cards

Of 251 graphics cards in stock with a price and a score, these give the most score for every £10:

The fastest card at each budget

Nothing cheaper scores higher than any part in this list, so each row is the most performance that price buys today. Anything not listed has a part that is at least as cheap and at least as fast.

Every card, plotted: graphics cards value.

The best value processors

Of 171 processors in stock with a price and a score, these give the most score for every £10:

The fastest processor at each budget

Nothing cheaper scores higher than any part in this list, so each row is the most performance that price buys today. Anything not listed has a part that is at least as cheap and at least as fast.

Every processor, plotted: processors value.

How we worked these out

The price is the one each product page leads with: the cheapest current new-stock price at a UK shop, with refurbished and used stock left out. A part only counts when it is in stock and has both a price and a score; one missing either is left out, never estimated. Score per £10 is the score divided by the price, times ten. Popular parts are checked every night and the rest on a weekly rotation, and every product page shows when each price was last checked.

Sources: VantaSpec's own readings of the prices UK shops list on their own pages and feeds, at AWD-IT, Box, CCL Computers, Currys, Laptops Direct, Novatech, Overclockers UK and Scan. How we read and check them: how VantaSpec sources prices.

How to choose between them: how to choose a graphics card and how to choose a processor. Whether a cheaper card is about to get cheaper: UK price movers.