The division with directx 12 is 16% faster

Did you know that The Division with DirectX 12 is 16% faster? Today the arrival of the DirectX 12 rendering API has been confirmed for Tom Clancy's: The Division. And it's all good news, because the results we see in the following graphs confirm that the performance is now much better. It will be noticed when run under this API.

It had been talking for a long time about whether this jump was going to mean an improvement in the development of the game under this API. And we can confirm that we find very remarkable improvements at least for AMD. There have been various performance tests as we read on TechPowerUp, which show that AMD Radeon RX 480 is 16% faster than the 6GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 when running the game under DirectX 12. We are facing a very high percentage, so we can confirm these improvements with DirectX 12, gaining 16% more in speed.

Tom Clancy's The Division with DirectX 12 is 16% faster

In the following GameGPU image, we can see the different scores for The Division VHW2, 560 × 1, 440 DX12:

This test, which shows this 16% improvement, has been carried out with an ASUS Radeon RX 480 Strix with Crimson ReLive 16.12.1 drivers versus an Asus GeForce GTX 1060 GB Strix with GeForce 376.19 drivers.

This test has shown something that has been sounding for a long time as a rumor, and that is that AMD is being far superior in games that take advantage of the new generation APIS Vulkan and DirectX 12. This is good news for AMD.

This confirms that the GeForce GXT 1060 GPU will be more powerful compared to Radeon RX 480 only for games that have the old API, DirectX 11. But if we look to the future, we see that Radeon RX 480 is the best option. We invite you to look forward, as the following graphic helps you.

What do you think about the new? Did you expect better or worse results?