GTX1060 and RX480 which is good? Comparison of GTX1060 and RX480 in ladder diagram of 2016 graphics card

For the attention of the graphics card gamers, this year's N card and a card is competitive, due to AMD launched RX 480 in cost-effective performance of eye-catching, attracted the attention of the players. Nvidia has also been forced to launch the GTX 1060 graphics card, the two new graphics cards are based on the new architecture, and are added to the VR feature, but also the positioning of high-end. Now the question is, GTX1060 and RX480 which is good? This is recently a lot of computer enthusiasts friends discussed a topic, the following small series to the GTX1060 and RX480 video card to do a comparison, to see the N card and a card in the end which is more worthwhile to start.

First, let's look at the comparison of GTX1060 and RX480 graphics cards to see what the difference is between the two new graphics cards.

RX 480 Video card

AMD has prepared a 14NM process Polaris graphics card, the former has two steps, AMD today officially lifted Polaris in the first product Radeon RX 480 graphics card.

RX 480 Video card

The AMD RX 480 graphics card employs a new Polaris 10 core architecture, based on 14NM advanced technology, 232 sq mm core area, 2,304 stream processors, 144 texture Units, 32 ROP units (half Hawaii/fiji), Core frequency 1266MHz ( This is the acceleration frequency base frequency should be 1120MHz), 256-bit 8GB GDDR5 memory (Samsung particle), 2GHz video memory frequency (equivalent to 8GHz), 256gb/s video memory bandwidth, full load power 137W, positioning high-end.

Performance, from the game run points, RX 480 performance between n-card platform GTX 970 and GTX 980, compared to the price of GTX 970 more advantages, the continuation of AMD has always been cost-effective characteristics, so much attention.

Price, RX 8GB Public version of the national line currently priced at 1999 yuan, not the public version of the lower prices, performance is good.

GTX 1060 Graphics card

GTX 1060 graphics card using 16nm technology, based on the new GP106 core, with 1280 cuda units, 106 texture units, 48 raster units, 192bit video memory bit wide, 3/6GB GDDR5 memory, Core frequency 1506MHz, Boost frequency 1709MHz, equivalent memory frequency 8GHz, thermal design power consumption is 120W.

GTX 1060 Graphics card

Performance, nvidia official data show that GTX 1060 of the VR to the GTX 960 of the three times times, the game performance is increased by about one times, almost GTX 980.

In terms of price, n card this generation of graphics card overall price rise, "60 series" finally returned to the 2K pricing, 3GB video memory version of the domestic price of about 1999 yuan, 6GB video memory version of about 2499 yuan, rather than the public version of the price to be cheaper.

Compared to the high GTX 1080/1070, GTX 1060 positioning is much lower, but still inherit the Pascal architecture of all the technical features, but the core size of a few.

GTX1060 and RX480 which is good?

In contrast, the GTX1060 graphics card is mainly performance and power consumption has a slight advantage, while the RX 480 graphics card in the 14nm process and price advantages, the two are in fact unique, in terms of cost-effective, GTX 480 better than GTX 1060 graphics cards.

The following are the locations of the GTX1060 and RX480 graphics in the 2016 Graphics Ladder chart:

Viewing the GTX1060 and RX480 performance relationships from the graphics ladder diagram

The above is the GTX1060 and RX 480 graphics card Contrast, the former has a slightly performance advantage, while the latter has a cost-effective advantage. and generally we buy graphics cards, mainly looking at performance and price, so personally think Rx 480 more worthy of recommendation. Of course, because the price gap is not big, if you like n card, then GTX1060 is also a good choice of sweet grade.