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AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

54 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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
Processors:
Radeon RX 6900 XT
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
213
142
118
87
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High190116
1080p Ultra15695
1440p Ultra12170
4K Ultra7039
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy2078110620
Solar Bay8674149040
Port Royal105196050
Fire Strike5732328559
Night Raid159759121867
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur231.6 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark10511080
DirectX 11278 fps174 fps
DirectX 12113 fps77 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps709 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex4360 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 26645 fps3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.83372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 21 AD107
Price 999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 5120 3072
TMUs 320 96
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units n/a 24
Ray Tracing Cores 80 24
Tensor Cores n/a 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 300 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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