There has been a lot of debate going on about the GTX 1060 and its comparison to the Radeon RX 480. Its time to settle this with History and Stats.
I know I have covered this topic in a build before but it was too brief, to make it more clear let's do it again separately with more detail.
The 1060 is supposed to launch by the end of July 2016, priced at (starting from) $250, have 2 variants 3GB and 6GB, perform near to a 980 and have a TDP of 120W. There is more stuff involved but that wouldn't be too helpful in the comparison so we won't take that into account
Lets begin with the history lesson, shall we? Assume 'N' as any generation on Nvidia Side and 'A' as any generation on AMD side, an N60 card from NVIDIA has always outperformed A80 card from AMD. GTX 760 performed better than Radeon 280, GTX 960 performed better than Radeon 380. This puts the any N60 ahead of any A80 as per history. Also, an N60 card from newer Gen has always outperformed an N70 card from last Gen.
Power efficiency is another thing is which puts Nvidia ahead of AMD. From GPU History we know that an N60 card has been about 20% more efficient on average. The 760 was a whopping 25% more efficient than a 770. The 960 was about 18% more efficient than the 970 (we are just talking Watts here no performance). The 1070 has a TDP of 150W now from the GPU history we know that 1060 will be more efficient than that. If we take the efficiency to even 15-17% that too puts the 1060 at 125 Watts. 125 Watts of 1060 is a whopping 25% more efficient than the 170 watts the RX 480 takes (even when it is rated at 150W) with its power issues. We won't talk about power efficiency on AMD side because Nvidia never had competition with that.
This is just 2 Generations of GPUs mentioned here but even when we go further back, we will see a similar trend.
Now, we know that the RX 480 performs lesser than the GTX 970, the history suggests that 1060 would be faster than 970 which puts 1060 above the 480 in terms of performance. Similar is the case with power efficiency.
The history somewhat confirms the leaks, which say that 1060 performs near about 980 (over 970 as told in GPU History Para 1) and has a rated TDP of 120W (LESSER than whats told in GPU History Para 2).
Now the issue is Reference Coolers which suck at performing hence nobody likes to buy them but are sort of an early access hence people buy them, the solution to this is Aftermarket coolers. Aftermarket coolers usually ship out 1 month (maximum) after the release of a card. If GTX 1060 releases by the end of this month Aftermarket coolers come in by the end of August. If the card is released tomorrow that is 8th of July (which some leaks suggest) the aftermarket solutions come in the first week of August which makes the GOOD 1060 just 1 or 2 weeks behind the GOOD 480 cards.
If you are planning a build with 480 right now, drop it. The wait for 1060 would be worth be it 1 month or just 1 week.
There you have it. GTX1060 vs RX480 resolved.
Stay tuned for PC Builds, TechTalks and more.
~APex
I know I have covered this topic in a build before but it was too brief, to make it more clear let's do it again separately with more detail.
Lets begin with the history lesson, shall we? Assume 'N' as any generation on Nvidia Side and 'A' as any generation on AMD side, an N60 card from NVIDIA has always outperformed A80 card from AMD. GTX 760 performed better than Radeon 280, GTX 960 performed better than Radeon 380. This puts the any N60 ahead of any A80 as per history. Also, an N60 card from newer Gen has always outperformed an N70 card from last Gen.
Power efficiency is another thing is which puts Nvidia ahead of AMD. From GPU History we know that an N60 card has been about 20% more efficient on average. The 760 was a whopping 25% more efficient than a 770. The 960 was about 18% more efficient than the 970 (we are just talking Watts here no performance). The 1070 has a TDP of 150W now from the GPU history we know that 1060 will be more efficient than that. If we take the efficiency to even 15-17% that too puts the 1060 at 125 Watts. 125 Watts of 1060 is a whopping 25% more efficient than the 170 watts the RX 480 takes (even when it is rated at 150W) with its power issues. We won't talk about power efficiency on AMD side because Nvidia never had competition with that.
This is just 2 Generations of GPUs mentioned here but even when we go further back, we will see a similar trend.
Now, we know that the RX 480 performs lesser than the GTX 970, the history suggests that 1060 would be faster than 970 which puts 1060 above the 480 in terms of performance. Similar is the case with power efficiency.
The history somewhat confirms the leaks, which say that 1060 performs near about 980 (over 970 as told in GPU History Para 1) and has a rated TDP of 120W (LESSER than whats told in GPU History Para 2).
Now the issue is Reference Coolers which suck at performing hence nobody likes to buy them but are sort of an early access hence people buy them, the solution to this is Aftermarket coolers. Aftermarket coolers usually ship out 1 month (maximum) after the release of a card. If GTX 1060 releases by the end of this month Aftermarket coolers come in by the end of August. If the card is released tomorrow that is 8th of July (which some leaks suggest) the aftermarket solutions come in the first week of August which makes the GOOD 1060 just 1 or 2 weeks behind the GOOD 480 cards.
If you are planning a build with 480 right now, drop it. The wait for 1060 would be worth be it 1 month or just 1 week.
There you have it. GTX1060 vs RX480 resolved.
Stay tuned for PC Builds, TechTalks and more.
~APex
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