SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

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.

GPU

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.
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Navi 22 XT GPU Chip AD107
RDNA 2 Architecture Ada Lovelace
40 Streaming Multiprocessors 24
2560 Shader 3072
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 96
40 Raytracing Cores 24

Memory

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.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.125 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 17.0 Gbps
384 GB/s Memory bandwidth 272 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

2.321 GHz Base Clock 1.830 GHz
2.581 GHz Boost Clock 2.460 GHz
2.42 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

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.

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

Connectivity

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.

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

Featureset

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).

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

Supported Video Codecs

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.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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.

267 mm Length --
110 mm Height --
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

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.

21306-01-20G Part-no --
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2023
479 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $
7 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
10579

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
48867

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)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
74 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
20 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
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 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
76 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
65 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
144 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
112 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
194 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6
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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
151246

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)

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