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SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.58 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100

The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.58 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.46 GHz · 115 W Speed index 13/100

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has 3072 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.46 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 15.11 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 14 % faster than the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT.

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Speed index
11/100
13/100
FP32
13.21 TFLOPS
15.11 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.58 GHz
2.46 GHz
Memory Size
12 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
272 GB/s
TDP
230 W
115 W
Launch Price
479 $
299 $
334 pts
300 pts

GPU

GPUSAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Based onAMD Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU ChipNavi 22 XTAD107
Streaming Multiprocessors4024
Shader25603072
Render Output Units6448
Texture Units16096
Raytracing Cores4024
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 2 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 24 execution units.

Memory

MemorySAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Memory Size12 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Clock2.000 GHz2.125 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps17.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s272 GB/s
Memory Interface192 bit128 bit
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.125GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Base Clock2.321 GHz1.830 GHz
Boost Clock2.581 GHz2.460 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock2.42 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT has a turbo clock of 2.581 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 2.460 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
TDP230 W115 W
Tjunction max100 °C90 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 12-Pin
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 100 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is equipped with a 1 x 12-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Fan-TypeAxial--
Fan 12 x 90 mm--
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.1a
DisplayPort3x DP 1.4a3x DP 1.4a
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetSAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Max. resolution7680x43207680x4320
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingYesYes
DLSS / FSRYesYes
LEDNon addressable LEDNo LED lighting
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeDecode / Encode
VP8Decode / EncodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeDecode
AV1DecodeDecode / Encode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsSAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Length267 mm--
Height110 mm--
Width40 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots--
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataSAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 8
Release dateQ1/2021Q2/2023
Launch Price479 $299 $
Structure size7 nm5 nm
Part-no21306-01-20G--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT was released in Q1/2021.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 published in Q2/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

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 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT +20.2 %

  1. 5,955
  2. 4,956

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 10,579

Steel Nomad Graphics score

  1. no data
  2. 2,372

Port Royal (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +0.5 %

  1. 6,008
  2. 6,038

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +16.0 %

  1. 2,188
  2. 2,539

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 48,867

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) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +5.0 %

  1. 40 fps (avg)
  2. 42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +6.1 %

  1. 49 fps (avg)
  2. 52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +8.1 %

  1. 74 fps (avg)
  2. 80 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)

  1. no data
  2. 20 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT +15.0 %

  1. 46 fps (avg)
  2. 40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT +2.4 %

  1. 84 fps (avg)
  2. 82 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) SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT +16.9 %

  1. 76 fps (avg)
  2. 65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT +28.6 %

  1. 144 fps (avg)
  2. 112 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT +19.8 %

  1. 194 fps (avg)
  2. 162 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 +5.1 %

  1. 96,956
  2. 101,863

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT +14.0 %

  1. 108,643
  2. 95,286

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 151,246
  2. no data

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