GTX 1060 3GB vs 6GB

[DG Result]

Hello guys !

 

So I am saving some money to buy a prebuild PC, since I don't want to build it myself (im just lazy), and I am looking at some PC's in a website

here im my country ( I am from bulgaria). 

So from the looks of things im either going to get a Nvidia GTX 1060 3GB or wait another 2 weeks and save up for a PC that has a Nvidia GTX 6GB.

 

So my question here is:  Is there really a gap between the performance of the 3GB variant and the 6GB one ?

I have seen some benchmarks and I dont see a big difference between the two variants, but I want to ask here in the forums, because I know that some of you have 

more knowledge and experience on GPU's.

 

Here are the specs of the first PC with the 6GB GTX1060 :

CPU: AMD FX-8300 8-Core (3.30 GHz up to 4.2GHz Turbo Speed, L2 8 MB Cache,L3 8MB Cache, 32 nm, 95W)

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 192bit

RAM: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

 

And here is the PC that I need to save 2 weeks more in order to buy it: 

CPU :AMD Ryzen 5 1600 6 Core 

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB DDR5

RAM: 8 GB 2133 MHz DDR4

 

I am just pasting the general infromation, but I can give you more if you want to learn about the other specs.

 

[NelizMastr]

3GB of VRAM is not a problem yet, but it will be. Once you go over 3GB performance tanks as the system struggles to supply system RAM for graphics.

 

Right now is a bad time for buying GPUs in general and both cards have poor value at the moment.

[ProjectBox153]

I'm confused. The specs of the two machines shows the one with the worse GPU and better CPU, but you say you'd need to save a few more weeks to get the 6GB GPU. Which is it? The Ryzen system would be much better. Don't get an FX processor.

[Brooksie359]

Get rhe one with the r5 1600. The fx cpus are pure crap and would heavily bottleneck the 1060.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Get the Ryzen 5 1600 with the 1060 3Gb. You'll be losing a little bit on graphics performance, but Ryzen will last a lot longer than FX which is already trash for gaming.

 

There is a gap between them, but AFAIK it's not too big of a gap.

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, Brooksie359 said:

Get rhe one with the r5 1600. The fx cpus are pure crap and would heavily bottleneck the 1060.

It probably even bottlenecks a GT1030 LOL. 

[Brooksie359]

Just now, NelizMastr said:

It probably even bottlenecks a GT1030 LOL. 

Depending on the game and resolution absolutely.

[Apepa]

2 hours ago, DG Result said:

So my question here is:  Is there really a gap between the performance of the 3GB variant and the 6GB one ?

Yes.

 

The 1060 3GB has less CUDA cores compared to the 6GB version, so it's something like 10% slower.

 

As someone else mentioned, the difference in VRAM will become also more of a factor in the future, potentially limiting the lifetime of the 3GB.

 

But, out of the two choices you showed, I would get the Ryzen PC. Do not buy an FX processor

Edited February 9, 2018 by Apepa
Fixed typo

[manikyath]

2 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

It probably even bottlenecks a GT1030 LOL. 

my celeron J1900 would beg to differ.

 

joking aside, its not as much the 3 vs 6GB vram, its that thr 3GB version is missing some cuda cores as well.

 

that said, as stated before, stay the hell away from AMD FX.. its old, its outdated, its slow, its hot. the only good thing left about amd FX is that they're somewhat cheap, but that concept's fading away as well.

[Hiitchy]

Just to throw another coin into the well, I had an FX-8320 CPU and though it idled at around 10 degrees celsius (ambient was around 5-8 degrees celsius), it was still a steaming pile of.... Yeah. Go with the Ryzen. You'll have lower VRAM sure, but at least you won't be bottlenecked.

[Apepa]

1 hour ago, manikyath said:

my celeron J1900 would beg to differ.

 

joking aside, its not as much the 3 vs 6GB vram, its that thr 3GB version is missing some cuda cores as well.

 

that said, as stated before, stay the hell away from AMD FX.. its old, its outdated, its slow, its hot. the only good thing left about amd FX is that they're somewhat cheap, but that concept's fading away as well.

That ship has sailed. You can get an  r1200 or an i8100 for not much more than an FX8300, and they would both walk all over it. Its even handily beaten by a Kabylake Pentium.