AMD Instinct MI300 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Comparison

The AMD Instinct MI300 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 occupy opposite ends of the hardware spectrum, yet the database records both under the same GPU classification. The MI300 is a data-center accelerator with no display outputs, while the RTX 4060 is a consumer graphics card with full video connectivity. Their average benchmark scores tell the initial story: the MI300 has a percentile ranking of 50 among all GPUs, while the RTX 4060 sits at 61. The RTX 4060 also holds a recorded average benchmark score of 17,639, while the MI300 has an average score of zero, a consequence of having no entries in the benchmark database. The head-to-head benchmark table is empty, meaning the two never directly faced off in any recorded test. This analysis relies on the specification differences and the RTX 4060’s individual benchmark results to interpret what the data implies about their relative positioning.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark results between the AMD Instinct MI300 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060. The head-to-head array is empty, and the wins counter shows zero for both sides. Without shared tests, the recorded data cannot offer a single comparative score. What exists instead is a full benchmark profile for the RTX 4060 and a specification sheet for the MI300 that includes no test scores. The RTX 4060’s nearest rivals in the database are all AMD Radeon products: the HD 7790 with an average score of 17,666, the Radeon 780M at 17,588, the Radeon Pro 560 at 17,551, and the Radeon Pro 460 at 17,509. The delta percentages show the RTX 4060 sits 0.2% below the HD 7790, 0.3% above the 780M, 0.5% above the Pro 560, and 0.7% above the Pro 460. These margins are narrow, all within a single percentage point, indicating the RTX 4060’s measured performance clusters tightly with those older and integrated parts.

The RTX 4060’s own benchmark scores provide the only numerical performance data in this comparison. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, it records a score of 2,302. Geekbench OpenCL shows 95,057, while Geekbench Vulkan shows 48,643. Passmark tests reveal a G3D score of 19,545 and a GPU compute score of 9,213. The DirectX legacy tests are lower: DirectX 9 scores 236, DirectX 11 scores 175, DirectX 10 scores 103, and DirectX 12 scores 76. The 2D test scores 1,037. The MI300 has none of these entries. Its only percentile figure, 50, places it at the midpoint of all GPUs in the database, but with no average score, that percentile appears to be a placeholder rather than a measured result.

The absence of head-to-head data means no definitive wins can be assigned. The RTX 4060 has measurable results across ten separate tests, while the MI300 has zero recorded benchmarks. The data shows the RTX 4060 delivers a consistent baseline across consumer workloads, but the MI300’s architecture, with its massive memory subsystem and compute resources, likely targets workloads not represented in these consumer-oriented tests. The fact that the MI300 has no API support for DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan further explains why it never appears in standard GPU benchmarks. These tests are built for rendering APIs, and the MI300 does not implement them.

The Verdict

From the recorded data, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is the only one of the two with evidence of real-world performance in consumer benchmarks. Its average score of 17,639 and 61st percentile ranking derive from actual test runs. The AMD Instinct MI300, with a 50th percentile and no average score, cannot be verified as faster or slower in any measured test. The database simply has no performance evidence for the MI300. The RTX 4060’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon HD 7790, is 0.2% faster, a difference so small it falls within run-to-run variance. The other three rivals are slower by margins of 0.3%, 0.5%, and 0.7%.

The MI300’s specification sheet suggests a different purpose. It uses 128 GB of HBM3 memory with a 5.32 TB/s bandwidth, a figure that dwarfs the RTX 4060’s 8 GB of GDDR6 and 272.0 GB/s. The shading unit count is 14,080 versus 3,072, and FP32 compute is 47.87 TFLOPS versus 15.11 TFLOPS. These numbers indicate the MI300 is designed for compute-heavy data-center tasks, not rendering. The RTX 4060 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, while the MI300 lists N/A for all three. A user running typical graphics workloads would have no reason to consider the MI300. A user running large-scale compute might prefer the MI300, but the database offers no benchmark confirmation.

The verdict from the data is straightforward: the RTX 4060 is the only card with demonstrated performance in the recorded tests. The MI300 remains an unmeasured entity in this database, despite its superior specifications on paper. The percentile ranking of 50 for the MI300, equal to the midpoint, suggests the database treats it as an average performer, but that ranking lacks supporting scores. The RTX 4060’s 61st percentile is backed by ten test results. For any consumer workload, the RTX 4060 is the clear choice based on evidence. For data-center compute, the MI300’s specifications point to capability, but the data does not confirm it.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs use fundamentally different architectures. The AMD Instinct MI300 is built on CDNA 3.0, a compute-focused design, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 uses Ada Lovelace, a graphics-first architecture. The MI300’s chip is named Aqua Vanjaram, and the RTX 4060 uses AD107. Both are manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC, but the transistor counts diverge sharply. The MI300 packs 153,000 million transistors on a 1017 mm² die, yielding a density of 150.4 million transistors per square millimeter. The RTX 4060 has 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die, with a density of 118.9 million per square millimeter. The MI300’s die is more than six times larger and holds more than eight times the transistor count.

The memory architectures are entirely different. The MI300 uses 128 GB of HBM3 with an 8192-bit bus and a bandwidth of 5.32 TB/s. The RTX 4060 uses 8 GB of GDDR6 with a 128-bit bus and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth. The MI300’s memory bandwidth is roughly 19.6 times higher, a figure derived from the recorded values. The MI300 has 14,080 shading units and 880 texture mapping units, while the RTX 4060 has 3,072 shading units and 96 TMUs. The RTX 4060 has 48 ROPs, while the MI300 lists 0 ROPs and a pixel rate of 0 MPixel/s. The RTX 4060 also includes 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores, features the MI300 does not list. The MI300’s texture rate is 1,496.0 GTexel/s, versus 236.2 GTexel/s for the RTX 4060.

The MI300 has no display outputs, no DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan support, and no ROPs, confirming it is not a rendering device. The RTX 4060 has 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, along with full API support. The MI300 uses a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, while the RTX 4060 uses PCIe 4.0 x8. The MI300’s power draw is 600 W with a suggested PSU of 1000 W and two 8-pin connectors. The RTX 4060 draws 115 W with a 300 W suggested PSU and a single 12-pin connector. The MI300 is a dual-slot card? No, the slot width is not listed for the MI300; the RTX 4060 is dual-slot.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification field. The MI300 has a base clock of 1000 MHz and a boost clock of 1700 MHz, while the RTX 4060 runs at 1830 MHz base and 2460 MHz boost. The MI300’s memory clock is 1300 MHz with 5.2 Gbps effective, while the RTX 4060’s memory clock is 2125 MHz with 17 Gbps effective. The MI300’s FP32 compute is 47.87 TFLOPS, and its FP16 is also 47.87 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio. The RTX 4060 delivers 15.11 TFLOPS in both FP32 and FP16, also at 1:1. The pixel rate for the MI300 is 0 MPixel/s, while the RTX 4060 reaches 118.1 GPixel/s.

The dimensions show the MI300 is longer at 267 mm (10.5 inches) versus 240 mm (9.4 inches) for the RTX 4060. Both are 111 mm (4.4 inches) tall. The RTX 4060 has a width of 40 mm (1.6 inches), while the MI300’s width is not recorded. The release dates differ: the MI300 launched on 2023-01-03, and the RTX 4060 on 2023-05-17. The production status for the MI300 is not listed, while the RTX 4060 is marked as end-of-life. The MI300’s predecessor is Radeon Instinct, and the RTX 4060’s predecessor is GeForce 30. The RTX 4060 has a successor, GeForce 50, while the MI300 has none listed. The RTX 4060 has a launch MSRP of 299 USD, stated once here. The MI300 has no launch MSRP in the database.

The memory size difference is 128 GB versus 8 GB, a 16-fold gap. The bus width is 8192-bit versus 128-bit, a 64-fold gap. The bandwidth is 5.32 TB/s versus 272.0 GB/s, which is a 19.6-fold difference. The shading units are 14,080 versus 3,072, a 4.6-fold gap. The TMUs are 880 versus 96, a 9.2-fold gap. The TDP is 600 W versus 115 W, a 5.2-fold gap. The suggested PSU is 1000 W versus 300 W. The RTX 4060 has 48 ROPs, 24 RT cores, and 96 tensor cores; the MI300 has none of these listed. The bus interface is PCIe 5.0 x16 for the MI300 and PCIe 4.0 x8 for the RTX 4060.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 has an average benchmark score of 17,639. The AMD Instinct MI300 has an average benchmark score of 0, as no benchmark results are recorded for it in the database.

Q: How does the RTX 4060 compare to its nearest rival in the database?

A: The RTX 4060’s nearest rival is the AMD Radeon HD 7790, which has an average score of 17,666. The RTX 4060 is 0.2% slower than that card. The next three rivals, the Radeon 780M, Radeon Pro 560, and Radeon Pro 460, are 0.3%, 0.5%, and 0.7% slower than the RTX 4060, respectively.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference between the two GPUs?

A: The MI300 has a memory bandwidth of 5.32 TB/s, while the RTX 4060 has 272.0 GB/s. The MI300’s bandwidth is approximately 19.6 times higher, based on the recorded figures.

Q: Does the MI300 support any graphics APIs?

A: No. The MI300 lists DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan all as N/A. The RTX 4060 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Q: What are the release dates for these two GPUs?

A: The AMD Instinct MI300 was released on 2023-01-03. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 was released on 2023-05-17.

Q: Which GPU has more shading units?

A: The MI300 has 14,080 shading units, while the RTX 4060 has 3,072. The MI300 has more than four times the shading units of the RTX 4060.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4060 wins in every category that involves actual measured performance. Its benchmark results show a functioning graphics card across DirectX 9 through 12, OpenCL, Vulkan, and 2D tests. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2,302 and the Geekbench OpenCL score of 95,057 indicate solid consumer-level compute. The Passmark G3D score of 19,545 and GPU compute score of 9,213 place it in a competitive range with its nearest rivals, all within 0.7% of its average score. The RTX 4060 also wins on API support, display outputs, ray tracing cores, and tensor cores, none of which the MI300 offers. The RTX 4060’s lower power draw of 115 W and smaller physical footprint make it suitable for standard desktop systems.

The MI300 wins on raw specification counts. Its 47.87 TFLOPS FP32 compute is more than three times the RTX 4060’s 15.11 TFLOPS. Its 128 GB of HBM3 memory with 5.32 TB/s bandwidth is an order of magnitude beyond the RTX 4060’s 8 GB and 272.0 GB/s. The 14,080 shading units and 880 TMUs dwarf the RTX 4060’s counts. The MI300’s PCIe 5.0 x16 interface doubles the bandwidth of the RTX 4060’s PCIe 4.0 x8. The MI300 has no display outputs and no rendering APIs, so it wins only in compute-oriented specifications. The data shows no benchmark evidence for the MI300, meaning its wins are purely theoretical in the context of this database.

The use-case split follows the evidence. The RTX 4060 is for any workload that requires graphics output, gaming, or standard compute benchmarks. Its recorded scores across ten tests confirm it works as a conventional GPU. The MI300 is for workloads that need massive memory capacity and bandwidth, high FP32 throughput, and a large transistor budget. The absence of display outputs and APIs means it is not for interactive graphics. The database cannot confirm the MI300’s real-world performance because no tests were run, but its specifications point toward data-center compute tasks. The RTX 4060, with its 61st percentile and measurable scores, is the only one with proven performance in this record set.