Radeon rx 480 vs geforce gtx 1060 in dx12 and vulkan

We have a new comparison between graphics cards, this time courtesy of wccftech that they have been in charge of putting the Radeon RX 480 and the GeForce GTX 1060 face to face in DX12 and Vulkan to see if it is true that the AMD architecture adapts better to the new low-level APIs. Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX 1060.

Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX 1060 faced in the most modern APIs

The Radeon RX 480 is based on Ellesmere silicon with a total of 36 Compute Units totaling no less than 2, 304 stream processors, 144 TMUs and 32 ROPs at a frequency that goes up to 1, 266 MHz in turbo mode. The GPU is accompanied by 4 GB of GDDR5 memory with a 256-bit interface, a speed of 8 Gbps to achieve a bandwidth of 256 GB / s. The AMD Radeon RX 480 has a TDP of 150W and is powered by a 6-pin connector.

The GeForce GTX 1060 is based on the advanced Pascal GP 106 silicon with a total of 1, 280 CUDA Cores, 80 TMUs and 48 ROPs which operate at a frequency of 1, 709 MHz in turbo mode. The GPU is accompanied by a total of 6 GB of GDDR5 memory with a 192-bit interface, a speed of 8 Gbps to achieve a bandwidth of 192 GB / s. The GeForce GTX 1060 has a 120W TDP and is powered by a 6-pin connector.

The results of the tests Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX 1060 speak in favor of the Radeon RX 480 that manages to prevail over its rival in 4 games out of a total of seven, specifically the AMD card range in Doom, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, HITMAN and Total War: Warhammer. By cons the GeForce GTX 1060 manages to prevail in Ashes of the Singularity, in the Rise of the Tomb Raider and Forza Motorsports 6.

Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce GTX 1060 conclusion

With this, it seems that AMD's GCN architecture really adapts better to DirectX 12 and Vulkan than Pascal, although the difference is not as great as you might think at first since the AMD card is widely surpassed in a game based on DirectX 12 as is Forza Motorsports 6 and is also defeated in two more games. AMD's architecture could take advantage in the future as more and more games are based on DirectX 12 and Vulkan although nobody can really say for sure which of the two is going to work better and most likely both are out of date when DX 12 and Vulkan are a standard in all games.

Source: wccftech