The AMD Radeon RX 480 has the Polaris 10 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ellesmere architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is based on the graphics chip AD107, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
Memory
Memory
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
2.125 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
17.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
272 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 17.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.125 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Base Clock
1.120 GHz
1.830 GHz
Boost Clock
1.266 GHz
2.460 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
TDP
150 W
115 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 12-Pin
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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has 1 x 12-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 115 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Fan-Type
Radial
--
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
--
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The AMD Radeon RX 480 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has 0 -- main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 480.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_0
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode / Encode
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
AMD Radeon RX 480
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Length
240 mm
--
Height
95 mm
--
Width
35 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
--
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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