NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1626 MHz
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 2491 MHz
  • Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 316.8 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1792
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 101650 vs 73020
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 882
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19722 vs 15097
  • Around 54% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2302 vs 1492
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 311.253 vs 260.061
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 33.932 vs 20.421
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1500.926 vs 1152.228
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6622.553 vs 5472.868
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 13 Oct 2021
Core clock speed 2505 MHz vs 1626 MHz
Boost clock speed 2640 MHz vs 2491 MHz
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3840 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 vs 73020
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 vs 882
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 vs 15097
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 vs 1492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 vs 260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 vs 20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 vs 1152.228
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 vs 5472.868

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 290.312 vs 169.697
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 132 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 290.312 vs 169.697

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
101650
73020
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1081
882
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19722
15097
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2302
1492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
311.253
260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.932
20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.697
290.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1500.926
1152.228
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6622.553
5472.868
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AMD Radeon RX 6600
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 73020
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 882
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 15097
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 1492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 290.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 1152.228
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 5472.868
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 69225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 69225

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AMD Radeon RX 6600

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 2.0
Code name AD106 Navi 23 XL
Launch date 2023 13 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating 75 38
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2640 MHz 2491 MHz
Core clock speed 2505 MHz 1626 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 316.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS (1:1) 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS 8.928 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 1792
Pixel fill rate 126.7 GPixel/s 159.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s 279.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 132 Watt
Compute units 28
Transistor count 11060 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 8-pin
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length 190 mm (7.5 inches)
Width 110 mm (4.3 inches)

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6