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shortly after the GeForce GTX 1060 release I took in videos new mid-range Pasco based GPU along with AMD's rx 480 and compared them head-to-head on six year old systems these pcs were powered by Intel's Core i5 750 the name DS phenom ii x4 955 if you haven't seen that video i recommend checking it out but in short it looks like you're going to see similar performance margins between the RX 480 and gtx 1060 on older hardware we also found gamers are going to see considerably greater performance when using modern processors with his new mid-range GPUs many of you who watch that video requested further testing with Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD FX processors while I'd very much like to accommodate you all given the time it takes to reduce just one of these benchmark videos it's unfortunately not possible that said I spent another two days of solid benchmarking to thoroughly compare these new GPUs on the AMD FX platform the FX 8350 was used for testing in both its out-of-the-box configuration as well as overclocked included purely for comparison is my standard GPU test ring as I already have the results for both GPUs in the system this is an overclocked PC so I'm trying not to make it a direct comparison but rather show how fast these mid-range GPUs are we're not hampered by a system bottleneck the results are again very interesting so let's get into it in total 24 games were tested at two resolutions and as always results based on an average of three runs that means at least 576 benchmark runs were made on the FX 8350 to get a drink and something to eat this is gonna be a long one first up we have ARMA 3 and right away at 1080p you'll notice a shocking decline in performance for the FX 8350 when compared to the 6700 K this CPU bottleneck does reduce the performance margin between the arcs 480 and gtx 1060 from 31 percent down to 17 percent in favor of the green team increasing the resolution to 1440p drastically reduces the impact of the CPU bottleneck and now the FX 8350 is just a few frames slower than the 6700 K with both graphics cards ashes of the singularity has some interesting results for us the RX 480 delivers the same performance using the FX 8350 as it does the 67 using directx12 while there was a sharp decline in performance when using DirectX 11 the GTX 1060 also sees the same large drop in performance using DirectX 11 and while performance also drops using DirectX 12 the impact is lessened moving to 1440p we see similar performance trends when playing ashes of the singularity of 1080p the batman arkham knight results are also very interesting and rather unexpected using the FX 8350 we see that both graphics cards are noticeably slower at 1080p however the average frame rate of the gtx 1060 is higher though oddly the minimum frame rate is much lower the RX 480 sees virtually no change in minimum frame rate from the 6700 K while the 1060 s is 16% decline moving to 1440p neutralizes the results and we see similar trends used in the FX 8350 as we did with the 6700 K our battlefield 4 test primarily tests GPU performance and therefore the FX 8350 is really no slower than the 6700 K here the same is true of 1440p though it is interesting to note that the are exported delivered the exact same performance on both processors while the GTX 1060 was slightly slower with the FX 8350 Star Wars Battlefront is another game where our test is primarily GPU dependent now such even at 1080p both these GPUs deliver similar performance on the FX and i7 processors this is of course also the case of 1440p and again it's great to see the our X 480 provided the same results on both platforms once again in an unexpected twist it's the gtx 1060 the drops performance on the slower FX 8350 processor while the our X 480 delivers the same 95 FPS average in 83 FPS minimum even a 1440p in black ops 3 the 1060 was slower with the FX 8350 while the RX 4 ID provided the exact same performance crysis 3 is another heavily GPU dependent game at least this section we test is and as a result the FX 8350 6700 k results are much the same with both GPUs as expected we find much the same a 1440p dirt rally provides more than a few surprises at 1080p firstly there's a huge performance discrepancy between the FX 8350 and 6700 k the gtx 1060 was 21% slower on the overclocked FX 8350 while the RX for ad was 36% slower more crucially where the RX 4 ad was previously just 15% slower than 1060 it's now 32 percent slower with the 8350 so this is the first game where we see the RX for 80 perform much worse than the 10 60 on the slower FX processor as we've seen previously increasing the resolution to 1440p heavily reduces the performance margin between the 6700 K and the FX 8350 and CPU dependent games the RX 480 and GTX 1060 are now separated by a similar margin on both processors doom is yet another game that throws up some very interesting results notice how the RX for 80 dominates when running on vulcan with the 6700 K moving to the FX 8350 seems to completely eliminate the performance advantage whereas the RX for 80 was previously 36% faster it's now just 8% faster on the overclocked FX and 5% faster without overclocking meanwhile we'll see the complete opposite with the GTX 1060 which is now faster than the RX 40 using Volcom with the FX processor whereas it was previously just 3% faster on the 6700 K we now see a much more substantial 20% performance gain moving to 1440p completely changes what was seen at 1080p the RX 480 is now able to comfortably beat the gtx 1060 with either processor and huge gains using volcán can now be seen on the FX 8350 meanwhile very little in the way of extra performance can be seen when using the GTX 1016 f1 2015 isn't a hugely CPU demanding game though the in-game benchmark does feature a full grid of AI controlled cars so that no doubt sucks up a few system resources here we see the performance trends on the FX 8350 is similar to the 6700 KF of both GPUs at 1080p moving to 1440p we find it's only the GTX 1060 the drops and performance though to be fair it wasn't CPU limited on the 6700 K in any case the 1060 and 480 delivered the exact same performance on the FX 8350 in f1 2015 fallout 4 is a super CPU intensive game mostly due to poor optimization but that's another story anyway here we see a rather large decline of performance from the 6700 K to the FX 8350 for both cheaper used there having said that it's the RX for a DS minimum frame rate that's hit the hardest moving to 1440p completely eliminates the performance variances seen at 1080p and both GPUs performed as you'd expect them to using a high end processor grand theft auto 5 saw a massive decline in performance when going from the 6700 K to the FX 8350 both the RX 480 and gtx 1060 suffered similar performance hits however once again increasing the resolution to 1440p eliminated the performance hit when using the FX 8350 for both graphics cards using DirectX 12 near the GPU took much in the way of a performance hit with the FX 8350 though it was a very different story with DirectX 11 now at 1440p we see virtually the same performance when using DirectX 12 on both processors Just Cause 3 is relatively heavy on the CPU so will decline in performance with the FX 8350 was expected the impact wasn't that significant and both GPUs suffered a similar performance loss moving to 1440p almost eliminated any performance hit the Rx for ad talk when using the FX 8350 the GTX 1060 didn't fare too poorly either though it did suffer a slightly larger performance drop and moving to the AMD processor Mad Max isn't it all CPU dependent and well the results support that claim given what we saw at 1080p the 1440p results are also as expected Mirror's Edge is another game is primarily GPU dependent and as a result the RX 480 and GTX 1060 aren't much slower when paired with the AMD FX processor the performance trends are much the same at 1440p again both GPUs delivered similar performance with the FX 8350 overwatch it does a good job of utilizing a fair number of CPU cores so despite benchmarking with two teams full of a are controlled BOTS the FX 8350 does rather well here we see virtually no difference between the 6700 K and FX 8350 with either of the GPUs naturally given what we're seeing at 1080p we also find no difference in performance of 1440p Far Cry primal is another game is predominantly GPU bound and therefore the FX 8350 is able to provide similar performance stat of the 6700 K with these GPUs the same is of course true at 1440p where we see virtually no difference in performance between these two systems rainbow succeeds is another GPU bound game and therefore the RX 480 in gtx 1060 perform much the same using the FX 8350 system as they did with the 6700 k system oddly at 1440p the minimum frame rate of the gtx 1060 was much lower than we were expecting on the FX 8350 system so i'm not sure what was going on there the Middle Earth shadow of mordor benchmark isn't particularly CPU demanding so as expected both GPUs provided similar performance on the FX system this is also the case of 1440p as we see almost identical performance on both systems the benchmarking tom clancy's the division focuses heavily on GPU performance and therefore we once again see similar results on both systems as we've seen time and time again in GPU bound games and even some CPU bound games testing at 1440p created GPU bottleneck testing rise of the Tomb Raider at 1080p sees the rx 480 in GTX 1060 deliver similar performance on the FX 8350 system though as was the case on the 6700 K system the 480 delivers much lower minimums oddly at 1440p the GTX 1060 is able to outperform the R X 480 on both the 6700 K and FX 8350 systems given the 1080p results this is very unexpected for now I've only tested the total world Warhammer using DirectX 11 and as a result the GTX 1060 does have an advantage on both systems the GTX 1060 s advantage remains a 1440p though it fares even better on the FX system finally we have the Witcher 3 and if you've made it this far good for you it must have been a slow day anyway at 1080p we find similar performance on the FX 8350 system with both the GTX 1068 and IR X 480 when compared to the 6700 K machine the same is true for the 1440p results both cards were just a few frames slower when compared to the 6700 K results so as found previously when using much older Intel and AMD processors the RX priority makes out just as well as the GTX 1060 on less powerful processors shall we say if you were to cherry-pick the results you could argue either is better but looking at all 24 games we find what is very much of back and forth fight on the FX 8350 system speaking of the FX system we found that a 1080p didn't look great in relation to the overclocked 6700 K in a number of games however in most of those titles moving to 1440p eliminated the FX bottleneck and allow for i7 like performance this means budget games has still been looked after reasonably well by the FX series though these processes should be avoided by high refresh rate gamers although I do typically recommend budget gamers avoid the power-hungry FX series in favor of the much more efficient four threaded core i3 processors I can see why so many still prefer AMD's affordable 8 core processors the worst examples of poor FX performance can be seen in arma 3 dirt rally f1 2015 fallout 4 grand theft auto 5 and Just Cause 3 that's their bumping the resolution up to 1440 PE clothes up the performance gap to almost nothing in most of these games with this new mid-range GPUs meanwhile the other 18 games play just as well on the FX 8350 rig as they did with the overclocked 6700 K so to summarize the last 2009 words that AMD FX 8350 will do just fine with the are exploratory in GT f2 1060 especially if you plan to gamer 1440p thanks for joining me for another benchmark marathon I'm your host man as always and I'll see you guys next time youtubers like me depend on your support 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