R9270X vs gtx 1060: AMD R9 270X vs Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB

The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition. Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card provided prices settle appropriately. ^{[Jul ’16 GPUPro]}

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• Gigabyte B450M DS3H (2,976)
• Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (2,753)
• Asus PRIME B350-PLUS (2,692)
• MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) (2,298)

• Asus M5A97 R2. 0 (394)
• Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (373)
• Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (234)
• Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (214)
• Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (202)
• MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (202)
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Best Bench: 56% EVGA(3842 6160)
Worst Bench: 50% Asus(1043 85ED) 3GB

Poor: 50%

Great: 56%

SPEED RANK: 104^th / 688

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Best Bench: 29% Sapphire(174B E272) 2GB
Worst Bench: 26% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB

Poor: 26%

Great: 29%

SPEED RANK: 154^th / 688

Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		52.7 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +92%		27. 5 %

Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)		64.3 fps	Hugely better lighting effects. +82%		35.3 fps
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)		70.6 fps	Hugely better reflection handling. +91%		37 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)		65.9 fps	Hugely faster multi rendering. +111%		31.2 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)		66.5 fps	Hugely faster NBody calculation. +102%		32. 9 fps

Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)		68.6 fps	Hugely better peak lighting effects. +81%		38 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)		99.9 fps	Hugely better peak reflection handling. +148%		40.3 fps
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)		68.5 fps	Hugely faster peak multi rendering. +104%		33.5 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)		70 fps	Hugely faster peak NBody calculation. +97%		35. 6 fps

CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		150 Fps	Much Better CSGO Fps. +36%		110 Fps
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		98 Fps	Much Better Fortnite Fps. +68%		58 Fps
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		60 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps. +45%		41 Fps
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		148 Fps	Much Better LoL Fps. +30%		113 Fps
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		100 Fps	Much Better Overwatch Fps. +72%		58 Fps
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		55 Fps	Much Better BF1 Fps. +53%		36 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		51 Fps	Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +69%		30 Fps
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		184 Fps	Much Better Minecraft Fps. +53%		120 Fps
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		116 Fps	Better DOTA 2 Fps. +29%		90 Fps
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		61 Fps	Much Better WoW Fps. +51%		40 Fps
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max		95 Fps	Much Better WoT Fps. +57%		61 Fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		1.13 %	Insanely higher market share. +2,725%		0.04 %
Value Value For Money		54.3 %	Much better value. +66%		32.7 %
User Rating UBM User Rating		66 %	Slightly more popular. +10%		60 %
Price Price (score)		$230			$199	Cheaper. +13%

Age Newest		74 Months	Much more recent. +31%		108 Months
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)		67.2 fps	Much better peak texture detail. +35%		49.9 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)		64.8 fps	Hugely faster peak complex splatting. +135%		27.6 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)		61.3 fps	Much better texture detail. +36%		45 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)		60.2 fps	Hugely faster complex splatting. +135%		25.6 fps

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The 3GB GTX 1060 follows last month’s release of the 6GB GTX 1060. The 3GB variant not only has reduced memory but Nvidia have also disabled 10 percent of the processing cores from 1,280 down to 1,152. There is no reference edition of the 3GB 1060 but the partner cards are already available (at launch). Comparing the GTX 6GB 1060 and 3GB 1060 shows that the 6GB 1060 leads, on average, by 7% but it is also currently 15% more expensive. The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s answer to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 470. Comparing the RX 470 and 3GB 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 11%. The RX 470 is able to match the 3GB 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 3GB 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, especially if prices drop below $200. ^{[Sep ’16 GPUPro]}

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• Gigabyte B450M DS3H (1,738)
• Dell Inspiron 5680 (1,569)
• HP OMEN by HP Desktop PC 870-2XX (1,531)
• HP OMEN by HP Obelisk Desktop 875-0xxx (1,530)
• Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (1,526)
• HP 580-023w (1,502)
• Asus PRIME A320M-K (1,312)

• Asus M5A97 R2. 0 (394)
• Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (373)
• Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (234)
• Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (214)
• Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (202)
• MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (202)
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