AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GeForce RTX 4060
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Navi 21
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB with 4608 shaders against the 2 years and 6 months newer GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB that utilizes 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Performs significantly better (up to 65%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 61% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 111 vs 69 FPS
- 37% higher maximum theoretical performance (20.7 vs 15.1 TFLOPS)
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
- Has 88% higher memory bandwidth: 512 vs 272 GB/s
- Achieves 30% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (138K vs 106K)
- Has 50% more shading units (4608 vs 3072)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 198 131 109 83 |
128 78 66 47 |
| The Witcher 3 | 192 173 127 68 |
143 117 82 44 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 285 203 145 80 |
208 157 111 58 |
| Far Cry 6 | 164 144 120 75 |
105 98 76 45 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 120 96 76 42 |
78 65 47 26 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 168 160 116 76 |
98 90 64 43 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 125 104 84 53 |
73 61 45 27 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 129 116 79 36 |
82 75 43 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 209 191 142 74 |
128 119 85 46 |
| 1080p High | 177 | 116 |
| 1080p Ultra | 146 | 96 |
| 1440p Ultra | 111 | 69 |
| 4K Ultra | 65 | 40 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 19379 | 10615 |
| Solar Bay | 78685 | 49340 |
| Port Royal | 9715 | 6054 |
| Fire Strike | 53014 | 28540 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 35635 | 20610 |
| Night Raid | 155323 | 121368 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 335.7 img/sec | 186.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 221.1 img/sec | 112.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.16 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 8.96 Gpixels/sec | 5.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.44 Gpixels/sec | 4.94 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.31 Gpixels/sec | 1.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 263 Gpixels/sec | 446.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 14755 FPS | 14935.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1046 | 1036 |
| DirectX 11 | 265 FPS | 174 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 100 FPS | 76 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 13077 Ops/s | 9150 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 6800 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-10 (XYQUE) | Cinebench 2024 | 41600 |
GeForce RTX 4060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 105636 |
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Cinebench 2024 | 10606 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 11942 | 7696 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 7603 | 13706 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 30511 | 23289 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 42862 | 31126 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 160019 | 78361 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4247 | 3315 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6279 | 3491 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13910 | 9386 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 51794 | 36778 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 324124 | 148120 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 6800 XT and GeForce RTX 4060General
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | November 18, 2020 | May 18, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $299 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | Navi 21 | AD107 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4070 | - Radeon RX 7700 XT |
| Successor | - Radeon RX 9070 XT | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (32nd and 54th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1825 MHz | 1830 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 2460 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 3072 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 288 | 96 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | - | 24 |
| Tensor Cores | - | 96 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 72 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 24MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 288 GPixel/s | 118 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 648 GTexel/s | 236 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 300 W | 115 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 159 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 26 billion | 18 billion |
| Transistor Density | 50 MTr/mm² | 113.21 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | - |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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