Worth the change? 480 4g vs 1060 6gb

[lautaro_busto]

Hi. Currently have a asus dual rx480 4gb, I could change my 480 plus aprox 50 USD for a gigabyte g1 1060 6gb. I currently have 3 displays 1080p each time to time like to play with 3 of them proje t cars and grid.. Now im starting to play with some deep learning and I've read that Cuda cores can improve processing time. So I'm interested but idk if it's a good idea not an expert on hardware. Also don't tell me to buy a 2060. This is a deal with a friend so is this change or stay the same not looking to buy a new gpu. 

Edit : I live in Argentina so Amazon eBay are off the table 

[Jurrunio]

makes zero sense, the 1060 is not even objectively faster. Tensor core is what you'd want but the 1060 has none of it. the 2060 that you kicked out does have some though.

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

makes zero sense, the 1060 is not even objectively faster.

If deep learning works better with Cuda, then the 1060 does have a slight advantage there.

 

But overall, they're basically the same card.

[gundamMC]

Tensorflow (a really popular deep learning library) requires CUDA. This is also pretty much the same across other libraries such as pytorch. So, if you are doing deep learning, I would really suggest a NVIDIA gpu.

 

That said, if you really want to stick with the 480, there's the ROCm port (https://github.com/ROCmSoftwarePlatform/tensorflow-upstream) which allows it to run on AMD gpus.

 

[kontex]

You do realise that the 480 is a faster card right? I wouldn't touch a thing

[Zeitec]

I mean if it's a straight trade and doesn't cost anything, sure. They're basically equal in modern games, but you'd get a bit more VRAM for gaming, plus IIRC cuda cores are a bit better for Deep Learning because some stuff requires an Nvidia GPU, but I don't know enough to make a definitive statement. But yeah for just gaming sure why not.