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welcome back to hammer on box today we are taking the Radeon rx 580 along with the geforce gtx 1066 gigabyte and we're benchmarking them in a shipload of games to see which one is faster in 2019 we first did this back in 2017 when we tested 27 games and we found the RX 580 to be 3% faster on average at 1080p then the following year 2018 we retested with another 27 games half of well half a dozen of which when you not necessarily half of them but anyway half a dozen when you and yeah the gtx 1066 gear bike came out 1% faster on average it was actually three percent faster technically that if you include frost Punk which was a massive outlier anyway as I said earlier it's 2019 now and I'm still not really sure why I'm reminding you guys of the current year assume you know what year it is so I'll just move along so you're 12 months has passed since we made this comparison so naturally we have another 27 game benchmark actually you know what I was kind of thinking I was pretty lazy in 2017 I kind of just let that carry over into 2018 I mean 27 games honestly what was I doing with all my free time so this year I've pulled my finger out I've got serious about this comparison and not only am i testing at two resolutions at 1080p and 1440p so two resolutions this year but I'm also testing with 38 games I know what you're thinking there is no way this video is going to generate enough views to pay for that kind of investment and you'd be right which is why you're gonna sit there and enjoy today's sponsor spot roll the tape play the pre-roll ad forget everything you can you know about mobile games because one of the most ambitious RGB projects of 2019 has just been released and it's going to change everything raid Shadow Legends is the most immersive experience you'll find on a smartphone and the best part is it's totally free raid has all the features expect from a brand new RPG title and amazing storyline awesome 3d graphics giant boss fights PvP battles and hundreds of 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crystal series 570 X has been used and inside we have a core I 9 9 snark a clocked at 5 gigahertz with 32 gigabytes of ddr4 30 or 400 memory representing the green team is the gigabyte Oris gtx 1066 you bite and for the red team the year by taurus RX 508 extr 8 gigabyte the latest available display drivers at the time of testing have been used and all results have been updated with the latest drivers I think that's about everything let's get to the good stuff well would you look at that we're kicking things off with a brand new game rage 2 for those of you unaware rage 2 uses the Avalanche Studios apex game engine in favor of EdTech but it still uses the Vulkan API exclusively this is good news for AMD as it allows the game to make full use of the radiant rx 5 ad as a result it was 13% fast in the geforce gtx 1060 at 1080p moving on in video recently addressed their poor World War Z performance when using the Vulkan API so now GeForce GPUs deliver the same level of performance regardless of the API used unfortunately though this does do a little to help the GeForce GTX 10:16 its battle with the Radeon rx 580 as here the AMD GPU was 31% faster at 1080p moving on the radio Erik's 580 also gets the better of the GeForce GPU an apex legends here are 6 percent faster at 1080p and 9% faster at 1440p the 1% low performance was also quite a bit stronger 11 better at 1080p and 13% at 1440p so overall the RX 580 is the better choice for apex fans then of course we have to include the division 2 and this is another comfortable win for the radio and GPU that said at 1080p while it was 17% faster on average the one percent low performance was rather comparable still this is a strong tile for AMD and a clear win for the RX 580 frame time performance which we convert to a 1% low metric is similar and shut off the Tomb Raider using either GPU however it's the RX 5 value that offers 14% more frames an average 1080p and 21% more at 1440p now no surprises here Assassin's Creed Odyssey might be a name be sponsored title but invidious DNA was embedded in this series well before the red team started throwing money at the developer try as they might no amount of driver optimization it will set this one straight here the gtx 1066 gigabyte was still 19% faster at IEP and 14% faster at 1440p so pretty easy win here for in video now despite using DirectX 11 Resident Evil 2 heavily favors the RX 580 quite shockingly it was 26% faster than the GTX 1060 at both tester resolutions this also means that the 580 is a viable option at 1440p whereas the 1060 was really less than ideal I know it doesn't really look like it but AMD has made a decent step forward in fortnight over the past few months but despite some driver improvements the GeForce GTX 1060 is still 20% faster at turn DP that margin is reduced to 15 percent at 1440p but still this is very clearly a win for the green team despite being an envious sponsored title the RX 580 is faster than the GTX 1060 and metro Exodus there are only by a slim margin at 1440p that said it was also just 6 percent faster on average at 1080p but 16 percent faster when looking at the one percent low performance Rainbow six siege has always played better with the RX 580 so nothing has really changed here the radeon GPU offered around 15% more performance and again that difference is really noticeable for those who are playing at 1440p then we say that the radeon GPU is the clear winner in our battlefield 5 benchmark beating the gtx 1060 by a 13 percent margin at 1080p the margin for the 1% low result is much smaller but overall the RX 580 was the superior GPU in this test unlike Assassin's Creed Odyssey Far Cry New Dawn is an AMD sponsored title where the rx 580 doesn't get trounced in fact here the rx 580 is the one doing the trouncing beating the GTX 1060 by an 8 percent margin at 1080p while delivering considerably better 1% low performance ok so that's how they can pair in a dozen of the newer or more popular tiles that we test with but now it's time to see how they compare head-to-head with the other 26 games I also test it with included as well we've seen a bit of back and forth between the RX 580 and gtx 1060 over the years and well that looks to continue here in last year's test the 1060 was an average 3% faster but in 2019 it's now 2 percent slower that said we do deem anything under a 5 percent margin to be a tie so as I said back in 2017 there's really no wrong option here then for those of you gaming at 1440p the RX 580 is a slightly better option again and despite a big loss in ace combat 7 it was overall the more consistent performer the 1060 was slower by a 5% margin or greater and 14 of the games tested while it was only faster by a 5% margin or greater in seven of the games tested so once again it really depends on the games you play to determine which one is the best choice for you and last I made this comparison I pretty much concluded by saying there was no right or wrong choice it's really simply too close to call so get whichever one is cheapest and I think that's still the way to go today that said the gtx 1060 is now an outgoing product as it's been replaced by the gtx 1660 and while the 1662 i forgot a bit more cash to spend so paying even $200 for a 6 gigabyte gtx 1060 is no longer advisable given that the 1660 cost just 10% more and on average it's around 15% faster and it's a little more fuel efficient on the other hand the RX 588 gigabyte is selling for as little as $180 so at that price it is certainly worth considering but anything about $190 us and I'd say you're better off with the GTX 1660 and that is going to do it for this one if you enjoyed the video please feel free to hit the like button for us that's much appreciated and if you'd like to see more content from us then well make sure you subscribe the little armed Bell things ticked and that way you can get the notifications and be in the draw to type first because you know that's 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