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last week we compared the GTX 1063 gigabyte and six gigabyte models to see what all the fuss was about in the end despite most claiming the three gigabyte model is a lemon it stood up very well to the 1440p onslaught and rose up from the ashes is a seriously good $200 option as a result one of the most commonly asked questions was which should I buy the four gigabyte rx 470 or three gigabytes gtx 1060 and the good many of you begged me to make that comparison not wanting to let you guys down we got busy benchmark here over the weekend and it managed to put together a rather comprehensive comparison right now both of these graphics cards retailing for 200 us at major online retailers such as Newegg meanwhile down under the RX 470 is slightly cheaper at 290 dollars while the 3G by 1060 will set you back 310 dollars so odds can expect to pay around 7 percent more for the GeForce graphics card at present of course the MSRP if the three gigabyte n 60 is 200 us and right now it appears to be meeting that suggestive retail price the RX 470 should be $20 cheaper at 180 dollars but for now at least it's priced to match the cut-down 1060 that said if pricing does settle for the Radian you can expect it to cost around 10 percent less for testing we've picked 22 games to compare these two graphics cards at 1080p and 1440p to remove any system bottlenecks our core i7 test rig has been used though I will be reproducing this video soon with the results from the core i3 test system as well as always the latest AMD and NVIDIA drivers available at the time of testing we use well let's get to it shall we there's plenty to get through but can it play crysis I hear you ask well at 1080p sure here the 1060 was 6 amps and faster averaging 51 FPS while the 470 was reduced to a still playable 44 fps moving to 1440p saw the margin grow in favor of the 1060 though neither card was particularly impressive here Mirror's Edge catalyst was tested using the ultra quality settings and this allowed the 1060 to deliver 16% more performance at 1080p and 15% more 1440p the battle when testing with The Witcher 3 is more closely contested though the 1060 still enjoys 9% performance advantage at 1080p with 72 fps moving to 1440p we see the same 9% margin in favor of the Green Team the 1060 was also 9% faster in Star Wars Battlefront at 1080p and 10% faster at 1440p there was also less of a margin between the average and minimum frame rate on the GeForce card when compared to the RX 470 Tom Clancy's the division provides us with our first truly competitive results the 1060 was once again faster though this time by just a 3% margin at 1080p moving to 1440p the 1060 was just a single frame faster on average though it did maintain a higher minimum frame rate Batman Arkham Knight provided some very mixed results both GPUs provided a 100 FPS average of 1080p though the minimum frame rate of the RX 470 was slightly higher then at 1440p the 1060 is able to take control with a 5% greater average frame rate and a massive 21% advantage when comparing the minimum frame rate Middle Earth shadow of Mordor sees the 1060 returned with double-digit advantage as it was 13% faster at 1080p and 11% faster of 1440p we know overwatch plays best with NVIDIA hardware though these results are interesting while the 1060 was 18% faster when comparing the average frame rate it was just 5% faster when comparing the minimum frame rate the results of 1440p even more extreme the 1060 was 17% faster on average while both GPUs produced the same 60 FPS minimum thing is a pretty straightforward in Far Cry primal the 1060 was 15% faster at 1080p and 13% faster at 1440p Assassin's Creed syndicate is another game that provided straightforward results the 1060 was 13% faster at 1080p and 11% faster of 1440p Grand Theft Auto 5 played considerably better on the 1060 it was 24% faster at 1080p and 22% faster at 1440p that's one of the strongest wins we've seen yet for the Green Team the big win in GTA 5 doesn't look as impressive now that we've moved to ARMA 3 here the 1060 was an unbelievable 56% faster at 1080p and 1440p surely this has to be down to a driver issue the GTX 10 63 gigabyte continues its strong run in dirt rally here it was 21% faster at 1080p and 9 10% faster at 1440p the 1060 was 19% faster in fallout 4 at 1080p and that margin was extended slightly of 1440p to 22% Just Cause 3 delivered surprisingly competitive results though the minimum frame rate of the Ark's 470 did dip by a greater margin than that of the 10 16 Mad Max played well on both products though the 1060 did allow for 23% more performance at 1080p and 21% more or 1440p okay so the last DirectX 11 title we'll be looking at is Deus Ex mankind divided and this is a perfect example of how well AMD hardware can perform in a title tailored to their hardware for the first time the RX 470 takes the lead providing 8% more performance at 1080p the RX 470 was slightly faster at 1440p when comparing the average frame rate there was quite a bit slower for the minimum the first DirectX 12 title we've tested his rise of the Tomb Raider and here the gtx 1060 was its usual 20% faster 21% at 1080p in fact the margin was reduced to 10% 1440p however doom was tested using the Vulkan API and this played considerably into AMD's hands here the RX 470 was 11% faster at 1080p and 8 percent faster 1440p that said I should know both GPUs exceed well over 60 fps even if 1440p used in the ultra quality settings with TSSAA enabled ashes of the singularity was tested using the extreme preset and here the 1060 was slightly faster 2% at 1080p and 5% faster at 1440p hitman is a title much like mankind divided in the sense that is tailored for AMD hardware as a result the RX 470 was 6 amps and faster at 1080p and 14 percent faster of 1440p wrapping things up is total war Warhammer here the RX 470 was 3% faster at 1080p while the 1060 was 2% faster of 1440p overclocked the 470 gain to further 5 fps for a 7% performance boost at 1080p the 1060 enjoyed an 11% performance boost taking it from 92 fps to 102 fps where the 1060 was 21% faster out of the box it's now 26% faster once overclocked this time in Doom the 470 gained 6 percent more performance through overclocking while the 1060 became 8 percent faster the last game I'm going to be looking at overclocking for mancina's Far Cry primal here the 470 gain 9% more performance while the 1060 improved by 13% margin the power consumption of the RX 472 considerably greater than that of the 1060 whereas the 1060 push total system consumption in 214 watts the RX 470 went as high as 282 watts we see similar margins when testing with mankind divided the 1060 configuration consumed as 200 watts while the RX 470 consumed 277 watts once again similar power consumption margins the same when testing with dirt rally the 1060 is certainly the more efficient GPU if you made it this far give yourself a pat on the back and if you just skipped here using the included video index well give yourself a pat on the back anyway those who view time sensitive folks then miss the meat of the video here's the summary please note I've dropped the ARMA 3 results from the overall picture as they were massively skewed in favor of the 1060 and in no way representative of what the other 21 games showed as you can see the 3 gigabyte 1060 was around 20% faster in games such as GTA 5 Mad Max rise of the Tomb Raider and dirt rally performance was close in Just Cause 3 the division ashes of the singularity Batman Arkham Knight and total war Warhammer the only games to really favor the RX 470 included Deus Ex mankind divided doom using Vulcan and hitman overall the 1060 was an average 9 percent faster 11% if you included I'm a3 overclocking push things further in invidious favor though the results weren't drastic what was drastic with the power consumption results which revealed the 1062 be the vastly superior product in terms of efficiency system power consumption dropped by almost 30 percent with the 1060 while as we just saw performance increase by almost 10 percent on average therefore at the same asking price the 3 gigabyte X 10 60 is the obvious choice at their respective MSRP is both GPUs deliver a similar cost per frame so the choice becomes a little more difficult the 1060 still remains the more efficient GPU boosting better overclocking while the RX 470 is arguably the more future-proof option though I really just like that term there is the argument that the RX 470 will come out on top down the track due to AMD's apparent superior low-level API performance though for me personally jury is still out on that one the RX 470 also has more beer and though how much of an advantage that gives it over the 10 60 s 3 Giga buy buffers unknown in video afterall is extremely efficient with their memory management so if you like me don't own a crystal ball prefer cold hard facts rather than speculation and guesswork then the 1060 is the better option of course as we often find with these comparisons neither teams put forward a poor solution and both a likely to keep budget game is more than happy what do you guys think you surprised by these results let me know in the comments I'm your host Matt as always and I'll see you guys next time youtubers like me depend on your support to continue improving the quality and content of our videos to support the channel directly consider becoming a patron to also get access to eve of cool rewards and exclusive giveaways also don't forget you can check prices and buy the products i looked at in this video through the amazon links in the video description below thank you kindly for supporting me and the hardware unbox channel it means a lot to me and I really do appreciate it and in return I'll continue to work as hard as I can to keep producing the content you enjoy