Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
127
81
70
49
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
142
114
82
46
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
204
154
114
57
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
107
96
75
42
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
80
66
50
26
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
96
89
64
41
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
45
25
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
83
74
44
22
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
130
119
87
43
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High116155
1080p Ultra95127
1440p Ultra7094
4K Ultra3955
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1062016983
Solar Bay4904064114
Port Royal60509710
Fire Strike2855939013
Night Raid121867155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur186.9 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection112.7 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.92 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.16 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.94 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.34 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching446.2 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14935.1 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark10801191
DirectX 11174 fps187 fps
DirectX 1277 fps57 fps
GPU Compute9311 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)709 fpsn/a
Car Chase615.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex2635.8 fpsn/a
ALU 23284 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2280.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3372.6n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)7696n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)13706n/a
Horizon Detection23289n/a
Face Detection (HP)31126n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)78361n/a
Text Classification (SP)3315n/a
Machine Translation (HP)3491n/a
Object Detection (SP)9386n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)36778n/a
Style Transfer (SP)148120n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 18, 2023 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 4.0
Codename AD107 Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 1830 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2460 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 3072 2048
TMUs 96 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 24 32
Ray Tracing Cores 24 32
Tensor Cores 96 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 24000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 118 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 236 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 115 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 159 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 113.21 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 2518 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
4 (36.36%)
7 (63.64%)
Total Votes: 11

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