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welcome back to harbor unbox for another mega GPU showdown feels like it's been a while since we've done one of these probably has something to do with Verizon anyway on the menu for you today we have a grand total of seven games just kidding guys 27 games and they are all tested at the 1080p and 1440p resolutions obviously we're pitting the new Radeon rx 580 against the new geforce gtx 1060 this gaming ex model from msi that has that faster 9 gigabits per second memory and then of course we will also be throwing in the geforce gtx 1060 the EVGA model so that's the standard 1060 a little bit confusing but that's the model we've been using previously and we've also been using the msi gaming x RX 480 for testing previously as well all the results were recorded in the past week using the latest AMD and NVIDIA display drivers so as I said 27 games had been tested using 4 graphics cards up to resolutions the results are based on an average of 3 runs so that means over 600 benchmark runs were made in this video we'll be showing over 430 individual results last week I proposed a list of 25 games to the harbour unboxed patreon members and with a little back-and-forth we ended up at 27 games those of you that were keen to see the results of The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt can thank scooby-doo for his input there if you would like to become a harbour unbox patron and support the channel we would very much appreciate that so I'll provide a link in the video description anyway back to the matter at hand our mid-range GPU battle if you have 230 to 280 dollars to spend on a new graphics card which should you get well we're about to go and find out before we do though here are a few things to note the graphics cards used for testing include the EVGA gtx 1060 for the win + msi gtx 1060 gaming x + and from the red team we have the msi RX for HD gaming x 8g and the horas RX 580 extreme edition the EVGA for the win + is very aggressively overclocked from the factory featuring a basically speed of thirteen hundred and sixty two megahertz meanwhile the MSI gaming X plus comes clocked at fifteen hundred and sixty nine megahertz potentially making it four percent slower that said the MSI model does feature nine gigabits per second gddr5 memory which means out of the box its memory is clocked twelve percent higher so it will be interesting to see what if any kind of difference this makes finally all testing was conducted using our tabulate core i7 seventy-seven arcade test machine overclocked to four point nine gigahertz I'm sure there will be dozens upon dozens of comments asking for a retest using a rising CPU and yes at some point down the track we will do exactly that for now though let's check out the numbers we have gathered already responsible for more dropped frames than 80 eyes catalyst drivers Grand Theft Auto 5 is a game many of you won't let me drop so starting things off we have the oldest game tested and as you can see it appears to favor the Green Team looking at the 1440p results we see the gtx 1060 was 17% faster than the RX 480 meanwhile the new rx 580 boosted Amy's performance here by just 4% which meant they were still 14% slower than the original gtx 1060 another oldie is The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt and again this is back due to popular demand honestly I will probably be testing this title till The Witcher 4 comes out in a year or so as time this is another title where the Green Team has a slight advantage and yes we did test with hair works enabled which does give in video a slight very slight advantage it's certainly not a big enough the other take to the comment section in protest never mind too late there's already a dozen comments isn't there anyhoo as you can see the RX 580 was 6% faster than the RX 480 which meant it was still 6 percent slower than the GTX 1060 s both of which delivered the same average of 53 fps we can't be too far away from another Tomb Raider game either rumor has it the game is being developed while traveling on public transport Australia Crytek's likely to adopt for the development of crisis 4 we know that rise of the Tomb Raider was developed in conjunction with the Green Team but over time aim D has been able to optimize their hardware for this title quite well as a result the RX 480 is now just a few frames behind the gtx 1060 while the RX 580 is able to match the new high-speed 9g bits per second version right now there are currently more people playing command & Conquer red alert 3 on steam than they are ashes of the singularity a lot more this is probably why the game has earned the title ashes of the benchmark there could quite possibly be more people benchmarking the game right now than actually playing anyway in my opinion the game is still one of the best examples of a well-put-together dx12 title we have though it is much more useful for testing CPUs than it is GPUs the RX 580 enjoys a slight performance advantage over the gtx 1060 though for a decks 12 title the margins are hardly significant there are more than twice as many people still playing 2014 Far Cry 4 when compared to the more recent primal version even so we have stuck with the more modern title for benchmarking the gtx 1060 was 5 percent faster than the RX 580 while the 9 gigabits per second version boost the performance by further 3% some a slight advantage for end video here Tom Clancy's the division was tested using DirectX 12 and NVIDIA has made up some ground with this API that said the AMD GPUs was still able to snatch the lead and at 1080p the RX 580 was 8% faster than the enhanced GTX 1060 moving a 1440p extended that lead and now the RX 580 can be seen providing 11% more performance another title which was tested using DirectX 12 is hitman and he things there again very much neck and neck again in video has made great strides recently in this tile and as a result even with dx12 enabled the GTX 1060 was able to match the RX 580 while managing the pull ahead of the RX 480 AMD has made up quite a lot of ground in quantum break thanks to their own driver development for testing we do use the steam revision of the game at AMD now look to be providing stronger performance in the DirectX 11 version even so the RX 580 was still 4% slower than the GTX 1060 though all four GPUs did push over 60 fps when testing at 1080p for testing over which I use the same five-minute benchmark used to make cpu performance so this is a 12 player bot match the epic quality preset was used and the render scale was manually set to 100% here we see at 1080p the higher clocked rx 580 makes up a good bit of ground on the gtx 1060 while the higher clocked 9 gigabits per second version of the gtx 1060 made little difference and here it is still the only demanding game to take advantage of the Vulcan API no doubt much to hamdi's dismay interestingly EVGA is for billing plus was faster than MSI's gaming ex plus model which utilizes the higher clocked memory the margins weren't significant though the EVGA version was about 4% faster at 1080p anyway what's key to note here is just how much faster the radiant are x58 is when compared to the fastest GTX 1060 tested here it was 14% faster and that's the largest performance discrepancy seen so far even the RX 4 80 lays waste to both gtx 1060 models in this title total war Warhammer has been tested exclusively using DirectX 12 and this appears to hand a rather large performance advantage to the radio and GPUs that said it is interesting to note that even with the low-level API the AMD GPUs do dip down to lower frame rates despite delivering stronger average performance honestly the experience seemed very much the same using any one of the 4 graphics cards tested though looking at the figures you might assume the GeForce graphics cards provided the smoother experience the rx 580 was just 3% faster than the rx 480 and Mirror's Edge catalyst when comparing the average frame rate while the minimum was exactly the same this then meant that it was 4% slower than the GTX 1060 the new 9 gigabits per second version of the GTX 1060 also offered nothing new in terms of performance for this title f1 2016 option provides competitive results and we see this once again when comparing the rx 580 and gtx 1060 this time the RX 580 was able to deliver 7% more performance than the RX 480 at 1080p which placed it on par with the gtx 1060 Deus Ex mankind divider is an AMD sponsored title though is often the case with time Nvidia husband to better optimize their drivers for improved performance the GTX 1060 is roughly on par with the RX for 80 now and again we see that the 9g bits per second model has nothing extra to add as a result the RX 580 enjoyed a reasonably comfortable wing here leading the GTX 1060 by 9% margin if there's one thing that gets nerds rolled up more than thermal paste application it's testing games that support DirectX 12 using dx11 well aware of the risks this is exactly what we've done when testing battlefield 1 the dx12 performance is still a little off in this title it's a bit strange and we often see lower minimums with the radio and graphics cards so again we are sticking with dx11 for this title here we see that the RX 480 and gtx 1060 are pretty well even at both resolutions the RX 580 though is still able to pull ahead thanks to a 6% performance advantage hitting 91 FPS on average at TP as they so often are the mafia 3 numbers are interesting the Radeon GPUs are clearly faster at 1080p while oddly they struggle to match the GTX 1060 at 1440p focusing on the 1080p numbers we see at the RX 480 is 10% faster the GTX 1060 while the rx 580 is 15% faster so a clear win frame D here then at least when looking at the 1080p resolution any way géza for 4 might be a DirectX 12 title but it was also sponsored by Nvidia so take this dx12 performance with a grain of salt typically you would expect the Radeon GPUs to perform well in a dx12 tile but here we see the rx 580 trailing the GTX 1060 by 13% margin once again though we find the upgraded memory doesn't help the GTX 1060 out titanfall 2 has always played better on hardware from the red team though to be fair this game isn't terribly demanding and plays well I'm pretty much anything that set at 1080p BRX 580 was 12% faster than the enhanced GTX 1060 we also saw a 7% increase over the older rx 480 in this title civilization 6 is a lot like ashes of the singularity in the sense that it mostly tests CPU performance as you can see we are mostly CPU limited at 1080p once we move to 1440p though the GPU starts to be the performance limiting component and here we see the RX 580 is able to deliver 9% more performance than the GTX 1060 AMD did a great job of optimizing their software for call of duty infinite warfare and have led in video in this title from day one typically this is a hugely popular series and therefore a big win for AMD of course knowing AMD's like it shouldn't be a surprise at this installment of the Call of Duty series tanked with an all-time peak of just 15,000 plays that's less than half the already underwhelming figure from the previous title black ops 2 for example peaked at over 70,000 concurrent players anyway Call of Duty shortcomings aside the rx 580 does very well here providing 17% more performance than the GTX 1060 that said the RX 580 was just 5% faster than the RX 480 the Radeon rx 580 was around 13% slower than the GTX 1060 and dishonored - in fact the rx 580 only just broke the 60 FPS barrier at 1080p while the GTX 1060 only dipped to 55 FPS so a clear win for the NVIDIA GPUs here then watchdogs - is the third triple-a title released last November that we test with and it's certainly one of the most demanding on system resources the rx 580 was just 8% sold in the GTX 1060 and once again it did only offer very mild gains over the R X 480 around 5% more frames the rx 580 ensures that you'll have the crap scared out of you at the highest possible frame rates of any mid-range graphics card in Resident Evil 7 here at 1080p the 580 was good for an average of a hundred and seven FPS though that did make it just 4% faster than the four OD more importantly though the rx 580 was 15% faster in the GTX 1060 and this allowed for a smoother experience at 1440p the honorable thing to do he was enable a fair fight and this is exactly what for honor does performance was very much the same across all four GPUs tested so not much else to say here visually the game was maxed out so it was nice to see over 60 FPS at all times when playing at 1080p released in March 2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon wildlands is a very demanding open-world title that said at 1080p we saw a very respectable frame rats using the very high quality preset once again the rx 580 was just a few frames faster than the RX 480 here we see a 5% bump for what is essentially a mild factory overclock the nine cubits per second gtx 1060 was even more underwhelming though the standard gtx 1060 was still ever the best the RX 580 in this title that said the margins were slim at 1080p while there was nothing separating them at 1440p also released in march we have Mass Effect Andromeda and like ferrata this title provides very competitive results performance at 1080p using the ultra quality preset was good though the game did feel a bit laggy at 1440p on all the graphics cards tested finally the last game tested is also the most recently added to our battery at benchmarks Warhammer dawn of War 3 this game was tested with the latest AMD display driver which advertised a 7% performance boost for the rx 580 the Radeon GPUs were most impressive when looking at the minimum frame rate as the rx 580 was 13% faster than the GTX 1060 previously we saw and configured with the R X 480 that our system consumed around 10 percent more power than the same system can figure with the gtx 1060 here we see an 11% increase that figure is increased by a further 10% with the rx 580 which pushed total system consumption of 344 watts this meant that the total system consumption was 22% higher with the Auris rx 580 that I was with the EVGA for the win plus with peak consumption still well under 400 watts for a system running a 77 or okay at 4.9 gigahertz the rx 580 is hardly a power-hungry beast still for those seeking maximum efficiency the GTX 1060 is clearly the better option here right then that's the easy bit taken care of so I'm going to pick a winner actually maybe I'll just in the video there and let you guys fight it out in the comments now what the hell were you guys are going to do that anyway so I might as well give you Steve's to sense first let's see how they compare when averaging the data across all 27 games tested here we see that overall the 9 gigabits per second gaming x+ model was no faster than the EVGA for the win plus the very model we've been using for LR GTX 1060 testing this means overall the our X 480 was just too half percent slower than the GTX 1060 at 1080p or two FPS so a negligible difference then the RX 580 booster performance by just 5% which made it just 2 FPS faster than gtx 1060 or again two and a half percent so overall the RX 580 was fast in the gtx 1060 albeit by an insignificant margin if we remove the DirectX 11 titles and focus solely on those that support low-level api s we see the GTX 1016 RX 480 are roughly on par with one another that said the RX 580 is now 6 percent faster than GTX 1060 not a huge margin by any means but still a clue in for the red team in those more modern titles now let's take a closer look at where the big wins and losses were had for each team right away it's interesting to note that ami took the lead in the majority of the games tested 15 - in videos 11 while they drew in just a single title that said margins were extremely slim and overwatch for honor and f1 2016 the RX 580 was faster by a 10% margin or greater in total or warhammer titanfall 2 muffy 3 Resident Evil 7 Call of Duty infinite warfare and doom meanwhile it was 10% slower in just three titles being dishonored to Gears of War 4 and Grand Theft Auto 5 so in terms of performance they are very similar that said out of the box the RX 580 is slightly faster though of course it uses quite a bit more power as well if you were to base this comparison on the suggested retail prices the RX 580 seems like the obvious choice the MSRP has been set at 230 dollars u.s. for the 8 gigabyte model while the gtx 1060 costs 250 dollars for the base model and there is no MSRP for the nine gigabits per second models but they do tend to be more expensive currently most rx 580 models are priced at $250 us so we really need to see a price correction here that said there is a power color red dragon model selling for $200 but the gigabyte RS model we checked out currently costs $280 which is a bit rich in my opinion meanwhile the gtx 1060 models also started around $230 though again most are priced around 250 dollars the EVGA for the win + model that we use for testing all so costs $280 while the new nine gigabits per second model from MSI cost an eye-watering $290 u.s. so again you really could go either way it really comes down to the games you play and the features you want to take advantage of in this mid-range affordable market segment AMD's freesync which is now very widely supported is a huge selling point AMD has also been making a heap of noise in regards to their radio and chill feature and while it does seem to work quite well I have to admit this is a feature I would never enable or use on my own personal gaming rig so aim D probably offers better features of this price point namely their free sync but it doesn't exactly seal the deal it's interesting to look back at the RX 4 80 versus gtx 1060 battle and see how things have evolved our day 1 GeForce GTX 1060 coverage compared these mid-range GPUs and 28 games back in July 2016 and at the time the GTX 1060 dominated winning it over 85% of the titles tested to beat the rx 480 by a convincing 12% margin however just five months later we did retest with 19 games some of which were newly-released titles at the time along with aimed is Crimson relive drivers the result did see AMD close the margin significantly and now the GTX 1060 was just 1% faster than the RX 480 in other words performance was much the same on either GPU then fast forward another 5 months which brings us to today we have more new games new drivers and even you graphics cards well refreshed graphics cards as you just saw the GTX 1060 is still a fraction fast in the RX 480 but the new overclocked 580 model has enough in the tank to get one up on the GeForce graphics card for me efficiency really is important and this is why I've been a huge fan of invidious Pascal architecture that said this latest comparison I have found myself drawn more towards the rx 580 and I think this is the card I would be picking up if I was in the market for a sub $300 us mid-range graphics card the fact that it was faster in the majority games tested and the widespread availability of really good freesync monitors has pushed me in favor of the red team of course there really is no wrong choice here and I could have easily justified picking up the GTX 1060 instead needless to say though the competition is extremely fierce in the sub $300 GPU market well that's it for this one I picked up the RX 580 so time to let me have it in the comments if you enjoyed this video why not smash the like button and if you appreciate our content and can afford to make a small donation each month then please check out our patreon account link is in the video description on that note a big thank you to our patrons especially those who helped to refine the selection of games we used in this video finally hit subscribe if you haven't already this will ensure you don't risk missing any big benchmark videos I'm your host Steve see you again soon if