AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
213
142
118
87
124
78
64
44
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
135
114
80
42
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
201
148
110
55
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
104
95
74
41
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
76
65
45
23
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
93
84
61
39
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
73
56
43
25
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
82
73
42
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
123
112
81
45
Avg FPS
1080p High190112
1080p Ultra15692
1440p Ultra12167
4K Ultra7037
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
10197
Time Spy2078110423
Solar Bay8674144973
Port Royal105195820
Fire Strike5732326478
Night Raid15975998514
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
97986
Background Blur231.6 frames/s142.7 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s103.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec3.83 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec4.93 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec4.63 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.27 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec430.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps13519.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
17587
G2D Mark1051733
DirectX 11278 fps158 fps
DirectX 12113 fps73 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s6845 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
119.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps725.1 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps609.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps484.8 fps
T-Rex4360 fps2723.3 fps
ALU 26645 fps3299.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps272.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.83381.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 2020 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 21 AD107 (GN21-X4)
Price 999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1140-2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 1470-2370 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 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 71-114 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 720 GTex/s 141-228 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 TFLOPS 9-14.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

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