NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 2321 MHz
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 2581 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 101650 vs 100473
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 946
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 3 Mar 2021
Core clock speed 2505 MHz vs 2321 MHz
Boost clock speed 2640 MHz vs 2581 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 230 Watt
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 vs 100473
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 vs 946

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19824 vs 19722
  • Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2435 vs 2302
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 349.422 vs 311.253
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 197.183 vs 169.697
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1699.337 vs 1500.926
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 7129.567 vs 6622.553
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 413.0 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19824 vs 19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2435 vs 2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 349.422 vs 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 34.064 vs 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 197.183 vs 169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1699.337 vs 1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7129.567 vs 6622.553

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
101650
100473
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1081
946
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19722
19824
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2302
2435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
311.253
349.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.932
34.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.697
197.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1500.926
1699.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6622.553
7129.567
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 100473
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 946
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 19824
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 2435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 349.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 34.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 197.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 1699.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 7129.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 50772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 50772

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 2.0
Code name AD106 Navi 22
Launch date 2023 3 Mar 2021
Place in performance rating 75 51
Launch price (MSRP) $479
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2640 MHz 2581 MHz
Core clock speed 2505 MHz 2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 316.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS (1:1) 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS 13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 2560
Pixel fill rate 126.7 GPixel/s 165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s 413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 230 Watt
Compute units 40
Transistor count 17200 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length 267 mm (10.5 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 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 288.0 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6