Let's try this again! GTX 1060 vs. RX 480 - The REAL Verdict

**The Battle of Mid-Range Cards: A Re-Evaluation**

I recently discovered that some of the results from last week's video were inaccurate, and I had to retest all 12 benchmark titles. The fight between the GTX 1060 and the RX 480 is far from over, and today's video marks the official showdown of these mid-range cards.

When I first tested my custom RX 480 from PowerColor using a new test bed with a different CPU motherboard and RAM, I noticed that the numbers for both cards were significantly different from the ones I documented just a week prior. The GTX 1060 scored a tremendous performance boost of up to 40% in certain titles and 68%, which was a shocking result. However, when I reran the tests again and again, I couldn't explain how or why this happened, and it seemed that my old test bed had some bad or corrupted graphics drivers that were making the cards tank harder than expected.

As it turns out, the previous test bed's issues with bad drivers were not the only factor at play. When I switched to a new test bed with a slightly lower clocked CPU, the performance difference between the GTX 1060 and the RX 480 became even more apparent. The GTX 1060 led across the board by 10% at full HD and around 7% at the higher resolution, flexing its speed over the RX 480.

Next, I totaled up all the frames generated by each card at both resolutions and took the averages to see how they stacked up. The results showed that the GTX 1060 leads across the board, but not by a landslide. The RX 480 barely edges out its rival by half a percent in DirectX 12. While this may not be as clear-cut as last week's video, it still demonstrates the benefits of Polaris's hardware-level support for async compute engines.

In order to better understand the performance gap between the two cards, I sorted the frames by API and depicted DirectX 11 versus DirectX 12 performance. The results showed that Nvidia takes home a victory point with a 14% lead in DirectX 11, while the RX 480 barely edges out its rival by half a percent in DirectX 12.

As expected, this new data did not lead me to draw drastically different conclusions about these two cards. After seeing the legitimate numbers, I still stand by my initial claim that the GTX 1060 is the faster GPU overall, especially with DirectX 11 still dominating the mainstream. It's only a matter of time before DirectX 12 and Vulkan eclipse the older API, which would put AMD in a tough spot relying heavily on software and drivers to get the job done.

While future proofing is definitely something to consider when choosing between these two cards, if your main focus is on the present today, we've seen these cards really trade blows in a wide range of titles with the GTX 1060 taking home larger winnings but at a higher price. The battle may not be over yet, and we'll continue to monitor the performance gap between these two mid-range cards.

**Benchmarks**

Here are the benchmarks again, this time using the same manual overclocks as last week and with the latest drivers:

* **GTX 1060**

+ Full HD: +10% vs RX 480

+ Quad HD: +7% vs RX 480

* **RX 480**

+ Full HD: -14.3% vs GTX 1060 (DirectX 11)

+ Quad HD: -6.8% vs GTX 1060 (DirectX 12)

**Conclusion**

The results of this re-evaluation show that while the GTX 1060 still leads in many titles, the performance gap between the two cards is not as clear-cut as initially thought. The RX 480's performance in DirectX 12 is impressive, and it may have a chance to close the gap with further software optimizations.

As we continue to monitor the performance of these mid-range cards, one thing is for certain: the battle for gaming supremacy between Nvidia and AMD is far from over. Stay tuned for more updates and benchmarks as we keep pushing the limits of what's possible on these two powerful GPUs.

**Disclaimer**

The results mentioned in this article are based on a re-evaluation of previous benchmark tests and may not reflect the actual performance of these cards under real-world conditions. It's always recommended to consult multiple sources and reviews before making any purchasing decisions.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys so in a peculiar turn of events yesterday I discovered that there was something odd about the benchmarks in last week's showdown between the GTX 1060 and rx480 they were wrong that's right last week I got up here in front of this camera and openly lied to all of your faces unintentionally of course you see to my knowledge the results in last week's video were completely 100% accurate otherwise I wouldn't have made them public I did think some of the results seemed strange at the time and for those I reran the tests again and again and wound up with the same results so I confided in the data as reviewers often do then yesterday I was in the midst of benchmarking this custom rx480 from powercolor which meant I was also retesting the reference rx480 and GTX 1060 since it would be their first time on my new 6950x test bed well as it turns out the numbers for both cards were significantly different from the ones I documented just a week prior particularly the GTX 1060 scor seeing a tremendous performance boost of up to 40% in certain titles and 68 8% in 3D Mark time spy what huh yeah I seriously wish I could explain how or why this happened but it's kind of difficult to investigate where the issue originated when my old test bed has essentially been scrapped away for this new one sure it's fitted with a different CPU motherboard and RAM but there's no way those swaps alone would have made such a catastrophic difference in our card's gaming performance the 6950x is even clocked slightly lower than my 5820k was all I can think of for now is that the previous test bed had some bad or corrupted graphics drivers that were making the cards tank harder than Diva on a payload whatever the reason may be I can now confirm that the results from last week's video are in fact inaccurate and I deeply apologize for any confusion they may have caused when I stumbled upon this discovery I immediately notified you guys on Twitter and started to retest all 12 Benchmark titles needless to say the fight between the GTX 1060 and the rx480 is far from over hell it hasn't even begun yet so consider today's video the official showdown of these mid-range cards both gpus are using the latest drivers and same manual overclocks as the last video likewise all the same games are being run at identical quality settings the only thing that's really changed here is the test bed hardware and the absence of some royally corrupt variable to fudge up our numbers so for what it's worth and hopefully the last time we'll have to see them for a while here are the benchmarks again w n so if you remember correctly some of these results haven't moved much since last week While others have changed significantly to give us an overall picture I added up all the frames generated by each card at 1920 x 1080 and 2560 x440 then took the averages to see how they stacked up at the two resolutions the gtx1060 leads across the board by 10% at full HD and around 7% at the higher resolution flexing speed over the rx480 next I totaled up all the frames in our testing and sorted them by API in order to depict directx11 versus directx12 performance again Nvidia takes home a victory point with a 14% lead in direct X1 but our rx480 barely edges out its rival by half a percent in direct X12 now it's definitely not the landslide victory that we saw in last week's video but it still demonstrates the benefits of polaris's Hardware level support for acing compute engines at the start of this video I have expected that all of this new and accurate accurate data would lead me to draw drastically different conclusions about these two cards but after seeing the legitimate numbers I stand by my initial claim that the GTX 1060 is the faster GPU overall especially with directx11 still dominating the mainstream likewise it's only a matter of time before directx12 and Vulcan eclipse the older API and at that point AMD could have the upper hand with asynchronous compute hardwired in Pascal would be in a tough spot relying heavily on software and drivers to get the job done which is really only half the battle future proofing is definitely something to consider here but if your main focus is on the present today we've seen these cards really trade blows in a wide range of titles with the GTX 1060 taking home larger winnings but at a higher price that is going to wrap it up for now guys but let me know whether today's benchmarks have swayed your stance on this heated rivalry of the two gpus and don't forget to toss me a like on this video If you enjoyed it keep going keep going going use your feet use your feet here we go before you go check the description below where you'll find soft things to Shield the world from your unsightly bust and don't mind my Amazon affiliate link down there don't mind it at all for now I'm K with awesome Z Network thank you guys for watching subscribe to the channel for more Tech stuff coming at you really soon and I will see you all in the next video oh lawnmowers shut up out there lawnmowers the video's over herewhat's up guys so in a peculiar turn of events yesterday I discovered that there was something odd about the benchmarks in last week's showdown between the GTX 1060 and rx480 they were wrong that's right last week I got up here in front of this camera and openly lied to all of your faces unintentionally of course you see to my knowledge the results in last week's video were completely 100% accurate otherwise I wouldn't have made them public I did think some of the results seemed strange at the time and for those I reran the tests again and again and wound up with the same results so I confided in the data as reviewers often do then yesterday I was in the midst of benchmarking this custom rx480 from powercolor which meant I was also retesting the reference rx480 and GTX 1060 since it would be their first time on my new 6950x test bed well as it turns out the numbers for both cards were significantly different from the ones I documented just a week prior particularly the GTX 1060 scor seeing a tremendous performance boost of up to 40% in certain titles and 68 8% in 3D Mark time spy what huh yeah I seriously wish I could explain how or why this happened but it's kind of difficult to investigate where the issue originated when my old test bed has essentially been scrapped away for this new one sure it's fitted with a different CPU motherboard and RAM but there's no way those swaps alone would have made such a catastrophic difference in our card's gaming performance the 6950x is even clocked slightly lower than my 5820k was all I can think of for now is that the previous test bed had some bad or corrupted graphics drivers that were making the cards tank harder than Diva on a payload whatever the reason may be I can now confirm that the results from last week's video are in fact inaccurate and I deeply apologize for any confusion they may have caused when I stumbled upon this discovery I immediately notified you guys on Twitter and started to retest all 12 Benchmark titles needless to say the fight between the GTX 1060 and the rx480 is far from over hell it hasn't even begun yet so consider today's video the official showdown of these mid-range cards both gpus are using the latest drivers and same manual overclocks as the last video likewise all the same games are being run at identical quality settings the only thing that's really changed here is the test bed hardware and the absence of some royally corrupt variable to fudge up our numbers so for what it's worth and hopefully the last time we'll have to see them for a while here are the benchmarks again w n so if you remember correctly some of these results haven't moved much since last week While others have changed significantly to give us an overall picture I added up all the frames generated by each card at 1920 x 1080 and 2560 x440 then took the averages to see how they stacked up at the two resolutions the gtx1060 leads across the board by 10% at full HD and around 7% at the higher resolution flexing speed over the rx480 next I totaled up all the frames in our testing and sorted them by API in order to depict directx11 versus directx12 performance again Nvidia takes home a victory point with a 14% lead in direct X1 but our rx480 barely edges out its rival by half a percent in direct X12 now it's definitely not the landslide victory that we saw in last week's video but it still demonstrates the benefits of polaris's Hardware level support for acing compute engines at the start of this video I have expected that all of this new and accurate accurate data would lead me to draw drastically different conclusions about these two cards but after seeing the legitimate numbers I stand by my initial claim that the GTX 1060 is the faster GPU overall especially with directx11 still dominating the mainstream likewise it's only a matter of time before directx12 and Vulcan eclipse the older API and at that point AMD could have the upper hand with asynchronous compute hardwired in Pascal would be in a tough spot relying heavily on software and drivers to get the job done which is really only half the battle future proofing is definitely something to consider here but if your main focus is on the present today we've seen these cards really trade blows in a wide range of titles with the GTX 1060 taking home larger winnings but at a higher price that is going to wrap it up for now guys but let me know whether today's benchmarks have swayed your stance on this heated rivalry of the two gpus and don't forget to toss me a like on this video If you enjoyed it keep going keep going going use your feet use your feet here we go before you go check the description below where you'll find soft things to Shield the world from your unsightly bust and don't mind my Amazon affiliate link down there don't mind it at all for now I'm K with awesome Z Network thank you guys for watching subscribe to the channel for more Tech stuff coming at you really soon and I will see you all in the next video oh lawnmowers shut up out there lawnmowers the video's over here\n"