Cards are better suited when users browse for information than when they search because of the following factors:

• Card layouts are likely to deemphasize the ranking of content.
• Card layouts are less scannable than lists, as lists provide fixed positions for individual elements.
• Cards take up more space as they are bigger than a line of text.
• Cards are also not efficient when it comes to comparing multiple options, since there is a lack of consistent visual treatment of elements.
• But they work best when it comes to sites that need collections of mixed items, such as dashboards, social media, etc.