NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

AMD Radeon RX 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 2105 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 988

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 28 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 2105 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081 vs 988

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 129479 vs 101650
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22131 vs 19722
Around 38% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3188 vs 2302
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 432.118 vs 311.253
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 41.585 vs 33.932
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 169.697
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1500.926

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	505.2 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	129479 vs 101650
PassMark - G3D Mark	22131 vs 19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3188 vs 2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	432.118 vs 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	41.585 vs 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	383.037 vs 169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2280.457 vs 1500.926

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

101650

129479

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1081

988

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19722

22131

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2302

3188

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

311.253

432.118

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.932

41.585

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

169.697

383.037

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1500.926

2280.457

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650	129479
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081	988
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722	22131
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302	3188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	311.253	432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.932	41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	169.697	383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1500.926	2280.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6622.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3373

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 2.0
Code name	AD106	Navi 21
Launch date	2023	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	75	84
Launch price (MSRP)		$579
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	2105 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)	32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS	16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	3840
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	250 Watt
Compute units		60
Transistor count		26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Width		120 mm (4.7 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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6