AMD Radeon RX 480
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 480 (Ellesmere) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (Ada Lovelace) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 272 GB/s.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has the Polaris 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ellesmere architecture.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 is based on the graphics chip AD107, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 480 GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
AMD Radeon RX 480 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Polaris 10 XT GPU Chip AD107
Ellesmere Architecture Ada Lovelace
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
2304 Shader 3072
32 Render Output Units 48
144 Texture Units 96
0 Raytracing Cores 24

Memory

The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 480 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 is 17.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.125 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.125 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 17.0 Gbps
256 GB/s Memory bandwidth 272 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.120 GHz Base Clock 1.830 GHz
1.266 GHz Boost Clock 2.490 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 115 W (Reference).

150 W TDP 115 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 480.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the AMD Radeon RX 480 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_0 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
No VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 480 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

240 mm Length 227 mm
95 mm Height 123 mm
35 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 came on the market in Q2/2023 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no DUAL-RTX4060-8G
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2023
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $ (Reference)
14 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
81 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
83 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
113 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
164 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
42694
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
103076

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
45619
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
96421

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
41864

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

AMD Radeon RX 480 AMD Radeon RX 480
8 GB GDDR5
5.83
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
15.29

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