NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1138 MHz
2x more boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1301 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 14 nm
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	2023 vs 1 June 2018
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1301 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	101650
PassMark - G2D Mark	1081
PassMark - G3D Mark	19722
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	311.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	33.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	169.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1500.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6622.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	GCN 5.0
Code name	AD106	Vega 10
Launch date	2023	1 June 2018
Place in performance rating	75	133
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1301 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	316.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	20.28 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840
Pixel fill rate	126.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	316.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count		12,500 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 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6