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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 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 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1087 vs 1047
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 1087 vs 1047

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 63% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 165731 vs 101689
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26736 vs 19789
  • Around 98% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 21042 vs 10613
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 311.253
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 33.932
  • Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 169.697
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 1500.926
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 165731 vs 101689
PassMark - G3D Mark 26736 vs 19789
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 21042 vs 10613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 543.753 vs 311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.155 vs 33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 vs 169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 vs 1500.926

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
101689
165731
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1087
1047
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19789
26736
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
10613
21042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
311.253
543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.932
51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
169.697
320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1500.926
2566.9
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL 101689 165731
PassMark - G2D Mark 1087 1047
PassMark - G3D Mark 19789 26736
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10613 21042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 311.253 543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 33.932 51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 169.697 320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1500.926 2566.9
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6622.553 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 72 73
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