GeForce RTX 4060 Ti AD104 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 218 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 85 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 58.36 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 16.11 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Navi 24 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 19 January 2022 (2 years ago) | April 2024 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $399 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1024 | 4352 |
| Core clock speed | 2610 MHz | 2310 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz | 2535 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,400 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 107 Watt | 160 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 180.2 | 344.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.765 TFLOPS | 22.06 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 64 | 136 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 136 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | 34 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 240 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 16-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2248 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 107 Watt | 160 Watt |
RX 6500 XT has 49.5% lower power consumption.
RTX 4060 Ti AD104, on the other hand, has a 20% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6500 XT and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti AD104. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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