AMD Radeon RX 6800S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800S and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 6800S

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800S

2x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 26% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 2100 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 268.8 GTexel/s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 724
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19722 vs 15757
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 101650 vs 73115
Around 36% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2302 vs 1689

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 2100 MHz
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s vs 268.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081 vs 724
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722 vs 15757
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650 vs 73115
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302 vs 1689

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800S
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

724

1081

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15757

19722

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73115

101650

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1689

2302

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
PassMark - G2D Mark	724	1081
PassMark - G3D Mark	15757	19722
Geekbench - OpenCL	73115	101650
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1689	2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6622.553

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 23	AD106
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	146	75
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	2640 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	537.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.20 TFLOPS (2:1)	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.602 TFLOPS	20.28 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	3840
Pixel fill rate	134.4 GPixel/s	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel/s	316.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Recommended system power (PSU)		550 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6