NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 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)

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)

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

2.3x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3840
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161057 vs 101884
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 1013
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26856 vs 19605
Around 97% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20909 vs 10628
Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 309.484
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 33.767
Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 219.46
Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 1514.279

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 316.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3840
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	161057 vs 101884
PassMark - G2D Mark	1048 vs 1013
PassMark - G3D Mark	26856 vs 19605
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20909 vs 10628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	543.753 vs 309.484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.155 vs 33.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733 vs 219.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2566.9 vs 1514.279

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

101884

161057

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1013

1048

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19605

26856

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

10628

20909

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

309.484

543.753

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

33.767

51.155

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

219.46

320.733

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514.279

2566.9

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	101884	161057
PassMark - G2D Mark	1013	1048
PassMark - G3D Mark	19605	26856
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10628	20909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	309.484	543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.767	51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	219.46	320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1514.279	2566.9
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 2.0
Code name	AD106	Navi 21
Launch date	2023	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	68	70
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
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)	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840	5120
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	300 Watt
Compute units		80
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	Triple-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 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