NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1825 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 2250 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1081 vs 1025
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 28 Oct 2020
Core clock speed 2505 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed 2640 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 vs 1025

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • 2x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3840
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 101650
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 19722
  • Around 60% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3689 vs 2302
  • Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 311.253
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 33.932
  • Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 169.697
  • Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1500.926
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4608 vs 3840
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 154220 vs 101650
PassMark - G3D Mark 25004 vs 19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3689 vs 2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 1500.926

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
101650
154220
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1081
1025
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19722
25004
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
2302
3689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
311.253
578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.932
52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.697
291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1500.926
2700.97
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL 101650 154220
PassMark - G2D Mark 1081 1025
PassMark - G3D Mark 19722 25004
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2302 3689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 2700.97
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 2.0
Code name AD106 Navi 21
Launch date 2023 28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating 75 71
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2640 MHz 2250 MHz
Core clock speed 2505 MHz 1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 316.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS (1:1) 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.28 TFLOPS 20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3840 4608
Pixel fill rate 126.7 GPixel/s 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 316.8 GTexel/s 648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 300 Watt
Compute units 72
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 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 2x 8-pin
Height 50 mm (2 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