GeForce RTX 4060 Ti vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

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Aggregate performance score

RX 7900 XT
2022
20 GB GDDR6, 315 Watt
74.53
+25.7%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4060 Ti by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking1328
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluation25.2440.44
ArchitectureRDNA 3Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameNavi 31 XTAD106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 November 2022 (1 year ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 $399
Current price$884 (1x MSRP)$461 (1.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4060 Ti has 60% better value for money than RX 7900 XT.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores53764352
Boost clock speed2000 MHz2535 MHz
Number of transistors57,700 million22,900 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)315 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate804.4344.8

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length276 mm240 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount20 GB8 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed20000 MHz18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth800.0 GB/s288.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDAno data8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 7900 XT 74.53
+25.7%
RTX 4060 Ti 59.29

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4060 Ti by 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 7900 XT 28811
+25.7%
RTX 4060 Ti 22922

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4060 Ti by 26% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD207
+29.4%
160−170
−29.4%
1440p145
+31.8%
110−120
−31.8%
4K95
+26.7%
75−80
−26.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 237
+31.7%
180−190
−31.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110−120
+32.9%
85−90
−32.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+32%
100−105
−32%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+26.3%
190−200
−26.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 150−160
+36.4%
110−120
−36.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 212
+32.5%
160−170
−32.5%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+32.9%
85−90
−32.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
+32.7%
110−120
−32.7%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+30%
170−180
−30%
Hitman 3 150−160
+36.4%
110−120
−36.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 484
+38.3%
350−400
−38.3%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+35%
100−105
−35%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+30.5%
95−100
−30.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 580
+28.9%
450−500
−28.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+26%
100−105
−26%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110−120
+32.9%
85−90
−32.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+32%
100−105
−32%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+26.3%
190−200
−26.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 150−160
+36.4%
110−120
−36.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 190
+26.7%
150−160
−26.7%
Far Cry 5 110
+29.4%
85−90
−29.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 79
+31.7%
60−65
−31.7%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+30%
170−180
−30%
Hitman 3 150−160
+36.4%
110−120
−36.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 466
+33.1%
350−400
−33.1%
Metro Exodus 157
+30.8%
120−130
−30.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+30.5%
95−100
−30.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 387
+29%
300−310
−29%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 483
+38%
350−400
−38%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+26%
100−105
−26%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110−120
+32.9%
85−90
−32.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 130−140
+32%
100−105
−32%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 150−160
+36.4%
110−120
−36.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 179
+27.9%
140−150
−27.9%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+32.9%
85−90
−32.9%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+30%
170−180
−30%
Horizon Zero Dawn 350
+29.6%
270−280
−29.6%
Metro Exodus 142
+29.1%
110−120
−29.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 265
+26.2%
210−220
−26.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+26%
100−105
−26%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+30.5%
95−100
−30.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+27.7%
130−140
−27.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
+30.9%
110−120
−30.9%
Hitman 3 90−95
+32.9%
70−75
−32.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+34.5%
55−60
−34.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+29.2%
65−70
−29.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 95−100
+26.7%
75−80
−26.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+29.4%
85−90
−29.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 122
+28.4%
95−100
−28.4%
Far Cry 5 173
+33.1%
130−140
−33.1%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+32.1%
140−150
−32.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 277
+25.9%
220−230
−25.9%
Metro Exodus 141
+28.2%
110−120
−28.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 325
+30%
250−260
−30%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 130−140
+26.4%
110−120
−26.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+30.8%
65−70
−30.8%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 81
+35%
60−65
−35%
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
+28.4%
95−100
−28.4%
Hitman 3 65−70
+34%
50−55
−34%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+31.1%
90−95
−31.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110
+29.4%
85−90
−29.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 159
+32.5%
120−130
−32.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
+35.6%
45−50
−35.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+33.3%
45−50
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 100−105
+33.3%
75−80
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+26.2%
65−70
−26.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 60
+33.3%
45−50
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+37%
100−105
−37%
Horizon Zero Dawn 166
+27.7%
130−140
−27.7%
Metro Exodus 129
+29%
100−105
−29%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+42.9%
35−40
−42.9%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+29.2%
65−70
−29.2%

This is how RX 7900 XT and RTX 4060 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RX 7900 XT is 29% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7900 XT is 32% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7900 XT is 27% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 74.53 59.29
Recency 3 November 2022 18 May 2023
Cost $899 $399
Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 315 Watt 160 Watt

The Radeon RX 7900 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti in performance tests.


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