The RX 6900 XT is much more expensive than the RX 5700 XT as it costs a whopping $ 999. Compare this to the RX 5700 XT, which came originally at a price of $ 399. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the RTX 3090 which costs $ 1499. Spec for spec, this RX 6900 XT leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX 5700 XT, by boasting 103.7 % more fps.
The RX 6900 XT has 16 GB RAM compared to the RX 5700 XT 's 8 GB video memory. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, RTX 3090, the RX 6900 XT was 1.5 % faster.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 6900 XT consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX 5700 XT and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Microsoft Flight Simulator, Immortals of Aveum, The Callisto Protocol, Remnant II, The Last of Us Part I at 70 fps to 91 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 79 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Last of Us Part I, Forspoken, Atomic Heart, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor at 61 fps to 81 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 72 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Godfall, Halo Infinite, A Plague Tale: Requiem at 62 fps to 63 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
The RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB might be the high-end flagship of the latest Ada Lovelace set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most mid-range PC gamers. On the other hand, the RTX 4060 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 299. NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Ada Lovelace graphics card inside the RTX 4060, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Spec for spec, this RTX 4060 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RTX 3060, by boasting 15.6 % more fps. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 7600, the RTX 4060 was 0.099999999999994 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Forspoken, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Atomic Heart, Halo Infinite, Hogwarts Legacy at 62 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 65 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Total War: Warhammer III, Marvel's Avengers, Metro Exodus, Cyberpunk 2077 at 61 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Resident Evil 2, Far Cry 5, Resident Evil 4, Far Cry New Dawn, Death Stranding at 62 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 64 fps.
| RX 6900 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | - | PG190 |
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 240 mm 9.4 inches |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI 2x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Slot Width | Triple-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 300 W | 115 W |
| RX 6900 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 2460 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective | 2125 MHz 17 Gbps effective |
| RX 6900 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Generation | Navi II | GeForce 40 |
| Launch Price | 999 USD | 299 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Dec 8th, 2020 | May 18th, 2023 |
| RX 6900 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 2 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| RX 6900 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| Die Size | 536 mm² | 146 mm² |
| GPU Name | Navi 21 | AD107 |
| GPU Variant | Navi 21 XL | AD107-400-A1 |
| Process Size | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors | 26,800 million | unknown |
| RX 6900 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 272.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 16384 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| RX 6900 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 128 | 32 |
| Shading Units | 5120 | 3072 |
| TMUs | 320 | 96 |
| RX 6900 XT | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Rate | 288.0 GPixel/s | 78.72 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 720.0 GTexel/s | 236.2 GTexel/s |
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