Radeon rx 580 vs rx 570 vs rx 480 vs gtx 1060 video comparison
Table of contents:
- Radeon RX 580 vs RX 570 vs RX 480 vs GTX 1060
- Radeon RX 500 1080p performance
- Radeon RX 500 performance at 1440p
- Consumption and final words
After the market launch of the new AMD Radeon RX 500 graphics cards, it is time to examine them to see if they really have something new to offer compared to the previous generation Radeon RX 400. Once again we have relied on the analysis of Digital Foundry to see a video comparison that is how you can best appreciate the potential of a card. Radeon RX 580 vs RX 570 vs RX 480 vs GTX 1060 video comparison.
Radeon RX 580 vs RX 570 vs RX 480 vs GTX 1060
Digital Foundry has taken the Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 570 to face the Radeon RX 480, GeForce GTX 1060, GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. The tests have been done with 1080p and 1440p resolutions since they are intended for this range of cards, it makes no sense to buy a mid-range card to play 4K when the top of the range already suffers in many cases.
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Regarding the chosen games we have the following:
- Assassin's Creed UnityAshes of the SingularityCrysis 3The DivisionFar Cry PrimalHitmanRise of the Tomb RaiderThe Witcher 3
As always we leave you the videos and the tables with the FPS so that you can judge for yourself the behavior of the different cards.
Radeon RX 500 1080p performance
| 1920 × 1080 (1080p) | RX 580 8GB Sapphire | RX 580 8GB MSI | Asus RX 570 4GB | RX 480 8GB | GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 1060 3GB | GTX 970 4GB | GTX 1050 Ti 4GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed Unity, Ultra High, FXAA | 57.2 | 54.7 | 48.4 | 53.5 | 59.6 | 56.4 | 52.0 | 35.7 |
| Ashes of the Singularity, Extreme, no MSAA, DX12 | 56.6 | 55.9 | 51.1 | 51.7 | 52.0 | 48.8 | 46.2 | 31.1 |
| Crysis 3, Very High, SMAA T2x | 80.5 | 79.0 | 71.2 | 72.8 | 79.3 | 75.8 | 71.6 | 46.4 |
| The Division, Ultra, SMAA, DX12 | 65.5 | 66.1 | 59.2 | 60.0 | 59.5 | 55.5 | 49.0 | 32.8 |
| Far Cry Primal, Ultra, SMAA | 65.8 | 65.6 | 58.1 | 61.2 | 66.9 | 63.7 | 49.8 | 40.8 |
| Hitman, Ultra, SMAA, DX12 | 92.9 | 90.8 | 80.6 | 83.2 | 84.0 | 70.6 | 68.0 | 42.2 |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider DX12, Very High, High Textures, SMAA | 80.2 | 77.7 | 67.6 | 70.8 | 77.8 | 73.9 | 70.5 | 44.6 |
| The Witcher 3, Ultra, No Hairworks | 72.1 | 70.8 | 62.2 | 65.5 | 68.9 | 65.8 | 60.9 | 40.8 |
We start with the comparison at 1080p resolution and we quickly see that the new Radeon RX 580 offers an appreciable improvement over the Radeon RX 480, if we average we have that the new card is approximately 6.5 FPS faster than its predecessor on average. It is not a very big difference but after all there is an improvement and, at least in terms of performance, it is more interesting for the user to go for the Radeon RX 580 than the Radeon RX 480. this difference will allow AMD to close the possible difference in performance compared to the GeForce GTX 1060 in the games in which it was behind and will get a little more advantage in those that were already ahead.
As for the Radeon RX 570 we have a card that is very close to the performance of the Radoen RX 480 although it is still slightly behind, with this we could say that we are facing what will be the best card in price / performance ratio, as the Radeon RX 470 already had this title and its successor will keep it as long as the stores don't go overboard with prices.
Radeon RX 500 performance at 1440p
| 2560 × 1440 (1440p) | RX 580 8GB Sapphire | RX 580 8GB MSI | Asus RX 570 4GB | RX 480 8GB | GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 1060 3GB | GTX 970 4GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed Unity, Ultra High, FXAA | 38.1 | 36.5 | 30.9 | 35.5 | 38.3 | 35.8 | 33.6 |
| Ashes of the Singularity, Extreme, no MSAA, DX12 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 44.0 | 45.0 | 45.6 | 43.5 | 39.1 |
| Crysis 3, Very High, SMAA T2x | 49.1 | 48.2 | 43.8 | 44.1 | 48.6 | 46.6 | 44.0 |
| The Division, Ultra, SMAA, DX12 | 47.4 | 48.7 | 42.5 | 43.6 | 41.4 | 39.0 | 35.1 |
| Far Cry Primal, Ultra, SMAA | 47.7 | 47.4 | 41.5 | 43.8 | 45.6 | 42.2 | 39.4 |
| Hitman, Ultra, SMAA, DX12 | 68.0 | 66.3 | 58.9 | 60.3 | 62.6 | 47.2 | 48.3 |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider DX12, Very High, High Textures, SMAA | 53.8 | 52.6 | 46.8 | 48.2 | 50.4 | 47.2 | 45.2 |
| The Witcher 3, Ultra, No Hairworks | 51.8 | 51.0 | 44.7 | 46.9 | 48.7 | 46.4 | 43.1 |
We went to 1440p resolution and the tone remains, by lowering the FPS that the cards are capable of offering, it is logical that the difference between the Radeon RX 580 and the Radeon RX 480 is reduced to just under 5 FPS on average. We also see how the Radeon RX 570 is still very close to the Radeon RX 480 so it once again seems to be the queen of the mid-range price / performance ratio.
Consumption and final words
Finally we have to look at the consumption of the cards to see if there are important differences between the Radeon RX 400 and the Radeon RX 500. If we look at the consumption peaks of the complete equipment we have the following data:
- Sapphire Radeon RX 580: 327W / 338W OCMSI Radeon RX 580: 292W / 325W OCRadeon RX 570: 272W / 285W OCRadeon RX 480: 271WGeForce GTX 1060: 230WGeForce GTX 970: 295W
AMD says the Radeon RX 500's 14nm manufacturing process is more streamlined than that of the Radeon RX 400, allowing it to deliver higher frequencies and better performance without increasing power consumption. Digital Foundry's data is clear to the contrary, the Radeon RX 500 consumes more than the Radeon RX 400.
The Radeon RX 480 presents a maximum consumption for all the equipment of 271W, the Sapphire Radeon RX 580 presents a maximum of 327W in its stock configuration so we have an increase of 57W for a performance that hardly reaches 6.4 FPS more in 1080p, almost 10W more for each FPS. Fortunately in the case of MSI the difference is less.
Then we have the Radeon RX 570 that almost reaches the performance of the Radeon RX 480 although it is still below, however, its consumption is 1W higher so we can consider it the same. Same consumption and lower performance means less energy efficiency, so the data contradicts AMD once again.
As a final conclusion we can say that the Radeon RX 500 are still the Radeon RX 400 with a slight overclock to improve their performance, an overclock that makes them somewhat more powerful in exchange for higher energy consumption. Overclocking always takes a step back in energy efficiency and this is simply what we see in these new Radeon RX 500.
AMD was already behind Nvidia in energy efficiency and with these new Radeon RX 500 it will be a little more, Sunnyvale's have to put the batteries in this regard or they will be in very serious problems when Nvidia launches at market its Volta architecture. All of AMD's promises are on Vega but for now they are still promises.
The prices are as follows:
Radeon RX 570 209 euros
Radeon RX 580 4 GB 259 euros
Radeon RX 580 8 GB 299 euros
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 269 euros
Source: eurogamer
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