ARE CUDA CORES WORTH IT?

[okkee]

I have an Rx 570 4gb and am seriously considering getting an upgrade since 4gb of VRAM is kinda small for directx 12 games. I was looking at the 1060 6gb and the rx 580 8gb since they can be gotten for about ~$100 on ebay and my budget is really tight. Anyways, i've read some reviews and these two cards seem to be about the same performance but i did notice that the 1060 has cuda while the 580 does not. So, my question is what exactly do the cuda cores do and would the 1060 be worth getting over the 580 because of them?

[Jurrunio]

CUDA cores is just Nvidia's name for their processing unit, the number not comparable across different architectures and companies.

 

Neither would be worth it, extra VRAM on similarly powerful GPUs never would. You can give me better shoes than cheapo runners I have, but I'm not going to run noticeably faster. For shoes it only matters to those in a competition, just like GPUs in benchmarks. In the real world, it's a stupid idea.

[okkee]

11 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

CUDA cores is just Nvidia's name for their processing unit, the number not comparable across different architectures and companies.

 

Neither would be worth it, extra VRAM on similarly powerful GPUs never would. You can give me better shoes than cheapo runners I have, but I'm not going to run noticeably faster. For shoes it only matters to those in a competition, just like GPUs in benchmarks. In the real world, it's a stupid idea.

so which do i go for?

[Dedayog]

8 minutes ago, okkee said:

so which do i go for?

If those are your only choices, get the rx580.  What are the rest of your specs though?  If you can stretch to $150, you can get a used 5700xt (look for more examples of course).  

 

Raw performance > VRAM.

 

Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB Pulse | Grade C Condition | eBay

 

[FloRolf]

At this point I'd also say save up a little more for a 5700 XT instead. 

 

If you are doing video or photo editing or some other things cuda Cores really help though. For just gaming the Cores itself aren't relevant, just raw performance (see reviews and benchmarks). 

[okkee]

On 5/2/2023 at 11:46 PM, FloRolf said:

At this point I'd also say save up a little more for a 5700 XT instead. 

 

If you are doing video or photo editing or some other things cuda Cores really help though. For just gaming the Cores itself aren't relevant, just raw performance (see reviews and benchmarks). 

yeah, i'm seeing them go for ~$170 but at that point i think i'll save up a bit longer for a 2060S or 6600xt. all i have to do is wait and budget. thanks!!!!!!!!!