There is more than a ~10% difference. Games like Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Unity are already maxing out older quad-core i5's. Going forward the gap will widen even more starkly and that is before we consider the multiplayer aspect and the love for bigger open-worlds.
P.S. -- Can you share that link with me in private?
Yes, link PM'd ya.
Here are my two bits looking strictly from my perspective.
Yes, there are differences no doubt, but trust me, itisn't a big deal difference. That is if you are VERY particular about every last fps squeeze then yes. Also, these differences are very game engine oriented. Most game engines don't bother too much till date about 6 cores and 8 cores. They are happy with 4 cores at 3Ghz, happily, you can play anything thrown at it.
If you are talking about
the future, from a
price VS performance perspective alone. Spending that extra 10k won't make much of a difference for even 20 to 30 fps more (depending heavily on the game engine alone). It's not like your games are dying at 20 fps slideshow. With the i5 and 1060 games will be pushing araam se 50-60 fps in AAA titles in strictly 1080 resolution with High settings. Please don't use 4k for a 1060 and ultra settings. These settings are meant for 1070 and above only. If you are looking at that level of gaming, please don't think budget at all then.
If you are into multiplayer competitive gaming, then again no problem as these games purposely don't push the envelope
too hard as they want more players to adopt their games than fancy graphics. An i5 and 1060 will happily give you enough FPS there too.
Also, the game makers aren't stupid, the AAA titles play very well and look really good even with older GPUs. Case in point I played "Rise of the Tomb Raider" at 1080 res, medium to high settings on an NVIDIA 760 2GB and the game played really well. This game is known to use more than 4GB RAM if it is available otherwise it adjusts intelligently. Yes, I did get a problem in one of the last stages, where I had to drop the res a bit. That is one game and one stage.
This will most probably NOT happen with a 1060 even 3 years from now, with a 1050 ti more likely. Even if it does, adjust the settings and res a bit and you are good to go.
Again,
THE ONLY REASON to apply
this LOGIC is for
the BEST VFM. If you got the money honey, then just go right ahead.