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hey guys welcome back to harbor unboxed today I'm taking a break from benchmarking to bring you what I think is going to be quite an interesting comparison as some of you are probably aware I'm currently working on a big GPU update that compares all the current generation AMD and NVIDIA GPUs in one big free-for-all along the way it occurred to me that I already have the data in for the full gigabyte 480 the 8 gigabyte 480 as well as the 6 gigabyte 1060 and 3 gigabyte 1060 so I thought wonder hit the pause button and take a good look at how these four models stack up in late 2016 after all it could be a good time to pick yourself up a cheeky Christmas present and well I'm happy to help with that the last time we made this kind of comparison or at least compared the 8 gigabyte 480 and 6 you give out 1060 cards the geforce card was found to be on average 12% faster across the 25 games that we tested as expected the low-level api results were closer but with a vast majority of games still using DirectX 11 Nvidia seemed to have an advantage not willing to just accept that AMD has been working their backsides off and their recent crimson relive driver update is evidence of this not only is their driver support improved but so to have the number of tiles they have well how should I say this crest to market games such as titanfall 2 and Call of Duty infinite warfare for example these games work a treat on AMD Hardware while the big blockbuster title that is battlefield 1 also enjoys a bit of Radeon action all three games plus many more weren't available back when we first tested the RX 480 and gtx 1060 now that they are I thought why not stick to 2016 titles for this comparison we pretty much know at this point how these cards get on in 2015 titles or at least we should anyway I've only benchmarked them half a dozen times also over the past 5 months so in summary I've got both versions of each graphics card the 3 & 6 gigabyte 1060 and the 4 & 8 gigabyte 480 I also have the latest drivers from each camp and a whole squad of 2016 triple-a titles so that right there is the makings of a great benchmark session in total will be roughly 500 benchmark runs completed at the 1080p and 1440p resolutions on our overclocked core i7 test system I'm going to focus mostly on the 1080p results for this comparison and just gloss over the 1440p numbers when we're looking at the individual games basically - I've done that so you're not still here tomorrow watching this video that's how I will cover both 1080p and 1440p results in detail in the conclusion some big graphs that look at all the games side by side so you get a quick sense of what's going on anyway without further ado let's get to the benchmarks so rewinding all the way back to January we find one of the most graphically impressive games of 2016 rise of the Tomb Raider gamers spent hours enjoying the swimming animation in this one and at 1080p or 4 these graphics cards provided very smooth motion this is an Nvidia supported title so the results aren't terribly surprising the GTX 1063 gear bite led the eight gigabyte rx 480 by a slim margin it was of course the 60 about 1060 that was King here jumping or 1440p we're still able to average around 60fps on all cards and here the 8 gigabyte 480 hops ahead of the 3 gigabyte 1060 meanwhile the 3 gigabyte 1060 and 4 gigabyte 480 both averaged 58 fps with the same 34 FPS minimum the game where sticks and stones will actually break your bones was released back in March and it's another visual bonanza with the HD texture pack enabled the 3 gigabyte 1060 makes out surprisingly well matching the a gigabyte our X 480 now 1440p we see very similar performance across the board and again the a gigabyte rx 460 just manages to outclass the gtx 1060 the division was also released back in March March 8 in fact but it only had the legs to remain fun until the end of March though still playing and have to be caught in some kind of Groundhog Day situation I'm Dean and video trade blows here the six gigabyte 1060 provided the best minimum frame rate result though the eight gigabyte R X 480 edged ahead for the average frame rate the three gigabyte 1060 did drop a bit off the pase though still managed a very respectable 60 FPS average jumping to 1440p the margins are similar though this time the four gigabyte rx 480 and 60 gigabyte 1060 are trading blows hitman another title released in March and I'm not sure what else to say about this one I didn't really like the game that much so I've actually spent more time benchmarking it rather than actually playing anyway it's an AMD special radians runaround for FPS fast using DirectX 12 while the geforce cards run about four fps slower so in an effort to keep things fair especially since this game doesn't really require DirectX 12 support at least not in the way that a game such as ashes does for example I have tested AMD cards using DirectX 12 and NVIDIA cards using DirectX 11 the six key about 1060 wasn't that far behind for the minimum frame rate but it does get a little trampled when comparing the averages meanwhile the three gigabyte version quietly slips out the back door claiming there's nothing to see here moving to 1440p the performance trends ran pretty much the same and again AMD still leads the way here quantum break was first released as quantum broken on the Windows Store in April but was later fixed as a direct accel levin only title for steam in September this is when I started benchmarking with the game unfortunately there's no direct extort for AMD cards on the steam platform this could possibly help even things up here as it stands in videos ten sixty series runs away with it scoring a rather easy win the same is seen at forty or forty P and even the three gigabyte 1060 is able to hand the eight gigabyte R X 480 a rather hefty defeat overwatch is updated more regularly with new characters and maps than the guys playing it change their underwear that is to say that it's somewhat addictive and Blizzard has been heavily invested in the title helping along the craze is the fact that the game would play on an abacus here we see that with the ultra preset enabled the gtx 1060 hums along at 1080p to the tune of 176 fps never dipping below 138 fps the 8 gigabyte R X 480 was a fair bit slower though it did never dip below 116 fps meaning you probably won't notice even at 1440p or graphics cards pushed over 60 FPS at all times and while the 8-gigabyte rx4 80 did just edged out the three gigabyte 10 60s minimum result it lost out when comparing averages doom was released in May and at the time it was a big kick in the berries for AMD as the then exclusive OpenGL support had the r9 390 rendering less frames than the GIMP - heigh-ho gtx 780 Ti here have our box we don't believe that Nvidia get their drivers is a big misunderstanding I wish I never said nothing Bethesda and AMD finally made up in July and it was good timing the new Incredible Volcom performance allowed AMD to sweep some story about a PCIe power draw issue under the rug and while we all got on with our lives since then it's been a one-sided beating in this title but the geforce cards are like hey we don't mind we're still pushing over 100 FPS go back and look at those quantum break numbers some more rather than do that we'll just jump to the 1440p results for some more green pain granted even here all four graphics cards are pushing over 60 FPS at all times those with high refresh monitors will appreciate what the RX 4 series has to offer here ashes of the singularity has pretty much run its course now but AMD is in luck the much more popular total war Warhammer arrived in May with DirectX 12 support that is still marked as beta despite working flawlessly AMD are able to pull ahead in this one the 8 gigabyte R X 480 provides decent gains over the GTX 1066 gigabyte card moving to 1440p there's six gigabyte 1060 closes in on the 4 gigabyte rx 480 and even the three gigabyte 1060 makes out quite well Mirror's Edge catalyst which was released back in June provides a close battle here the three gigabyte 1060 sits between the RX 4 80s while the 6 gigabyte version pulls slightly ahead overall Nvidia is a whisker faster here but there really isn't much in it we find much the same at 1440p it's interesting to note how similar three gigabyte and 6p about 1060 models are in terms of performance if only the rear left ones were this competitive that said I was surprised to find Andy coming out on top here as the 8 gigabyte R X 480 beat out the gtx 1066 gigabyte by 5 FPS at 1080p interestingly in video were a bit more competitive at 1440p and we see very similar minimum frame rates across all four graphics cards by far the biggest released of August was Deus Ex mankind divided though disappointingly the game wasn't released with DirectX 12 support anyway DX 12 support has now been patched in and it's even been updated a few times still you can't really claim that DirectX 12 gives AMD an advantage in this title since the Radeon still knock off the geforce cards even when using DirectX 11 given their performance is much the same under both AP is in this game we've tested all cards using DirectX 12 again the 1060 was slower but it wasn't exactly by a great margin moving to 1440p the six gigabyte 1060 hangs in there with the 4 gigabyte 480 while the three gigabyte version claims not enough vrm and starts a slideshow presentation about it battlefield 1 is another game where I've tested the AMD cards using DirectX 12 and the Nvidia cards using DirectX 11 even with the new real live driver we still find that a video is able to stay ahead here the six gig 1068 class the eight gig 480 while the three gig 1060 matched the average framerate of the four gig 480 while providing a slightly stronger minimum result jumping to 1440p things even up quite a bit and in videos lead he is very slim indeed it was great to see all four graphics cards averaging over 60 FPS at 1440p using the ultra quality settings mafia 3 yeah well look at the 2016 title and I didn't sail to only include well coded games using the high quality settings none of these graphics cards are able to average 60fps at 1080p the GTX 60 gabite was clearly the best option here while the three gigabyte version beat the 4 gigabyte our X 480 moving to 1440p AMD closes the gap significantly and now pretty much matches the geforce cards the only game that's been able to force me into the horrible Windows Store is Gears of War 4 and while I like the game I also hate it for that anyway given enough time I'll probably get over it here we see the 6 gigabyte 1060 and a gigabyte 480 going head-to-head delivering the same 84 FPS meanwhile the 4 gigabyte 480 is able to outdo the 3 gigabyte 1060 jumping the 1440p the three gigabyte 1060 does fall further behind while the a gigabyte 480 and 60 by 1060 both deliver similar performance once again those GC n powered Titans run best on Radeon graphics cards and here we see more evidence of that although the minimum frame rates were much the same the our X 480 provided better average framerate performance that said the margins close up at 14 for DP at least when comparing the six gigabyte 1060 civilization six looks to be a title at favors the green team the margins weren't drastic but the three gigabyte 1060 did outpace the a gigabyte our X 480 even at 1440p we did find much the same story so I have nothing else to add here this latest Call of Duty title almost ensures the gamers will spend an infinite amount of time in the lobby trying to find a game because everyone's playing battlefield 1 yup infinite warfare is at a rough life and it's just one month old despite the lack of players it does seem to play rather well on PC the GTX 10 63 gigabyte is the slowest graphics card here and it still pushed over 60 FPS at all times with the quality settings maxed out still it is the our X 480 s that delivered the best result here and the 4 gigabyte model can be seen rendering over 70 FPS at all times now at 1440p the AMD cards pull further ahead both the 4 gigabyte and 8 gigabyte our X 480 cards average over 60 fps while the 1060 s falls short since our initial dishonored to testing the game's performance has been dramatically improved particularly those minimum frame rates at 1080p and video still looks to have the more consistent performance in this title the 3 gigabyte 1060 is just able to edge out the 8 gigabyte 480 when comparing the average frame rate while the minimum is much stronger jumping to 1440p we find a similar story the 1066 gigabyte leads the way while the 3 gigabyte model is also able to beat both the 4 gigabyte and a gigabyte versions of the 480 temporal filtering was first used to try and open black holes but it was accidentally discovered along the way that enabling it and watchdogs to drastically improved performance with no noticeable impact on image quality to date no one has told you be soft this they continue to live it disabled in all their quality presets for the purpose of our tests I have gone ahead and enabled it manually and now the GTX 1060 cards are able to reach and even exceed 60 fps this setting also gives the RX 4 a is an equally large performance boost though as this is an Nvidia supported title while the results are as expected moving the 1440p the three gigabyte 1060 hangs out with its our X 480 buddies while the six gigabyte version pushes ahead with 49 fps the power figures aren't really going to change and it doesn't make sense to benchmark the AMD cards using the new Radeon chill feature as it will make them look considerably slower than they actually are and idle the geforce cards consumed around 10 watts less and under load we see quite a large difference in Nvidia's favour that said the difference between a total system consumption of 215 watts and 280 watts is hardly a deal breaker or anything to really get worried about so last time I made this comparison it was a reasonably comfortable wind friend video and their GTX 1060 it was around 12% faster than the RX 4 80 when we compared the average data across something like 25 games still not willing to go down without a fight AMD has been working hard to develop their drivers and it looks like it's paid off first up let's compare the six gigabyte 1060 and eight gigabyte 480 more closely here we see that on average the 1060 is now just 1% faster on average at 1080p whereas previously we found it to be 12% faster AMD has been able to reduce the margin in one of two ways firstly they've been working hard on their driver support evident by the recent Reliv update secondly and probably more importantly there have been more AMD sponsored titles released later in the year moving a 1440p we find the same 1% margin one flip and % guys that's margin of error stuff even with a three run average it also means Nvidia pulled ahead in just a single extra title in video 110 titles to AMD's nine titles hadn't video not trounced AMD quite as hard in quantum break that one percent could have very easily swung the other way anyway the fact is in today's games these GPUs really are neck-and-neck so what about those rinky-dinky $200 u.s. MSRP cards the three gigabyte 1060 and the 4 gigabyte 480 how do they compare if only there was a way we could find out oh wait well this is mighty convenient isn't it again AMD and NVIDIA trade blows though this time the our X 480 comes out on top albeit by a rather small 2% margin at 1080p doom and hitman are quite big hitters for AMD while quantum break is again an Nvidia favorite moving to 1440p d3 gigabyte 10 six years now four percent slower hardly a parenting but the 4 gigabyte R X 480 does provide better numbers here for the most part that said margins were very close in the new and exciting titles such as battlefield 1 watchdogs to rise the Tomb Raider and Titan vol 2 for those of you wondering the GTX 1063 gigabyte averaged 53 FPS at 1440p while the RX 484 gigabyte averaged 56 fps keeping in mind the quality settings used both seem like very capable 1440p gaming solutions also as a side note the power color red dragon version of the RX 484 gigabyte card that i have isn't factory overclocked that's that i didn't really feel like this was an issue the reason for this is because MSI's RX 480 gaming x 8g card which was used to represent the RX 488 gigabyte only features a 3% factory core overclock while the memory goes unchanged so at the very most those results can only be inflated by up to 3% the rest can be blamed on the fact that the 4 gigabyte cards run their gddr5 memory 13% slower still for the most part the performance was very similar overall the 8 gigabyte model was just 5% faster an average across the games tested now for that time in the video where I start feeling all that peer pressure I don't know what to pick don't shoot the messenger guys seriously though it really isn't for me to say which one of these cards you need to pick it really comes down to nothing more than pricing in your region looking to Newegg for you we're shoppers we find the six gigabyte 1060 selling for around two hundred and fifty dollars with a few nice options to pick from the a gigabyte 480 is around 10 dollars cheaper and there are some nice options from power color gigabyte and msi selling for two hundred and forty dollars as we have said time and time again in the past with these close comparisons you really could justify going either way and there's certainly no wrong option here arguing over which one of these products you should buy is the very definition of a waste of time and while that's putting it nicely down under here in Australia the choice is a bit more obvious the cheapest 8 gigabyte are X 480 costs 380 dollars while the 6 gigabyte 1060 can be picked up quite a bit cheaper at 350 dollars given the price difference which admittedly is still very small I would probably go with the 1060 but again you could go either way and I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with either option moving to the cheaper versions we find the 3 gigabyte 1060 selling for around $200 while the 4 gigabyte 480 is much the same though power color and MSI are offering models at $190 given that the 4 gigabyte 480 is slightly faster this is probably the way I would go and the msi Armour model looks like a very nice option at $190 again sadly Aussies are paying much more for the 4 gigabyte 480 locally most surprised at around 340 dollars while the 3 gigabyte 1060 cards are selling for 300 dollars and there are even a few as low as 290 again as an Aussie shopper this would push me towards the Green Team that said as I noted in my unboxing boxer series earlier this week Australians can actually get the R X 480 cards cheaper from the US via Newegg I've got my power color card used for testing in this video for under $300 including 43 dollars for shipping it did take two weeks to get here but it works very well and the price was great so in summary with the six gigabyte GTX 1060 and a gigabyte R X 480 neck and neck I really don't know which way I go here I guess it depends on how I felt on the day as for the four gigabyte R X 480 and three about 1060 I think the 4 gigabyte 4 lady gets the nod here for now I'll just keep benchmarking I hope to add the rx 470 and rx 460 cards to comparison along with the GTX 1050 series and of course the big boys in the 1070 and 1080 I might also add the Titan XP I'll see how I go for time so be sure to hit that subscribe button to make sure you don't miss out on that one well if you make this far good job and I hope to see you next time bye guys