AMD Radeon Pro 460 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Comparison

# The Verdict

The benchmark data presents a stark generational divide. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 wins both shared head-to-head tests outright, with the average benchmark score favoring it 17,639 to 17,509 — a 0.7% aggregate delta. The RTX 4060 delivers a 521.9% higher score in Geekbench OpenCL and a 189.3% higher score in Geekbench Vulkan. The Radeon Pro 460 posts zero wins in the head-to-head comparison.

The RTX 4060 is the only choice for any workload requiring modern compute performance, DirectX 12 Ultimate feature support, or ray tracing capability. Its 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores are absent entirely from the Radeon Pro 460, which has neither RT cores nor tensor cores. The data shows the RTX 4060 sits at the 61st percentile among all GPUs, same as the Radeon Pro 460, but that parity in percentile masks the fact that the Pro 460's average score is buoyed by only three benchmark entries, all of which are far lower than the RTX 4060's corresponding results.

The Radeon Pro 460's only practical advantage is power consumption. At 35 W TDP versus 115 W, it is a 3.3x more efficient part in raw thermal design — but that comes with a 1.858 TFLOPS FP32 ceiling versus 15.11 TFLOPS. For a portable device with an integrated-class form factor (IGP slot width, no power connectors), the Pro 460 makes sense only in constrained environments where the RTX 4060 cannot physically fit or draw power. For any desktop or laptop with a PCIe 4.0 x8 slot and a 300 W power supply, the data unequivocally favors the RTX 4060.

# Architecture Differences

The two GPUs represent entirely different manufacturing generations and design philosophies. The RTX 4060 uses the AD107 chip built on TSMC's 5 nm process with 18,900 million transistors packed into a 159 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 118.9M per mm². The Radeon Pro 460 uses the Baffin chip on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process, with 3,000 million transistors on a 123 mm² die, giving a density of just 24.4M per mm². That is a 6.3x difference in transistor count and a 4.9x difference in density.

The RTX 4060 runs on the Ada Lovelace architecture, supporting DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Radeon Pro 460 uses GCN 4.0, supporting DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. The DirectX feature level difference — 12_2 versus 12_0 — is significant, as it gates access to newer rendering features like mesh shaders and variable rate shading.

Compute resources differ by an order of magnitude. The RTX 4060 has 3,072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, along with 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores. The Radeon Pro 460 has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 16 ROPs, with no RT or tensor cores. Clock speeds also favor the RTX 4060: 1,830 MHz base and 2,460 MHz boost versus 850 MHz base and 907 MHz boost. This combination yields 15.11 TFLOPS FP32 on the RTX 4060 versus 1.858 TFLOPS on the Pro 460 — an 8.1x raw compute advantage.

Memory architecture reinforces the gap. The RTX 4060 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 272.0 GB/s bandwidth at 17 Gbps effective. The Pro 460 has 4 GB of GDDR5 on the same 128-bit bus, but only 81.28 GB/s at 5.1 Gbps. Pixel rate is 118.1 GPixel/s versus 14.51 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 236.2 GTexel/s versus 58.05 GTexel/s. The RTX 4060 also uses PCIe 4.0 x8 versus the Pro 460's PCIe 3.0 x8, doubling the interface generation bandwidth.

# Where Each One Wins

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 wins in: OpenCL compute workloads (521.9% head-to-head delta), Vulkan rendering (189.3% delta), DirectX 12 Ultimate feature support, ray-traced workloads (24 RT cores present), tensor/AI-accelerated tasks (96 tensor cores present), high-resolution texture workloads (8 GB VRAM versus 4 GB), high-bandwidth memory-bound tasks (272.0 GB/s versus 81.28 GB/s), and any workload that scales with shading units or clock speed (3,072 versus 1,024 units; 2,460 MHz versus 907 MHz boost).

AMD Radeon Pro 460 wins in: power-constrained environments (35 W TDP versus 115 W), systems without PCIe power connectors (none required versus 1x 12-pin), portable devices where the IGP form factor is mandatory, and scenarios requiring only Metal API support — it is the only GPU of the two with a Geekbench Metal score, posting 20,426. No other benchmark in the shared set favors the Pro 460. The head-to-head data shows zero wins for the AMD part.

The RTX 4060's PassMark results further contextualize its versatility: 19,545 in G3D, 9,213 in GPU compute, 1,037 in G2D, 236 in DirectX 9, 175 in DirectX 11, 103 in DirectX 10, and 76 in DirectX 12. The Pro 460 has no PassMark entries in the fact pack, limiting cross-comparison beyond the two shared Geekbench tests.

# FAQ

Q: Which GPU has higher raw compute performance?

A: The RTX 4060 delivers 15.11 TFLOPS FP32 versus 1.858 TFLOPS for the Radeon Pro 460 — an 8.1x difference. The OpenCL benchmark confirms this, with the RTX 4060 scoring 95,057 versus 15,284, a 521.9% delta.

Q: Can the Radeon Pro 460 do ray tracing?

A: No. The Radeon Pro 460 has no RT cores (the field is null in the fact pack), while the RTX 4060 has 24 RT cores. The RTX 4060's DirectX 12 Ultimate support also enables ray-tracing APIs that the Pro 460's DirectX 12 (12_0) cannot access.

Q: How much memory bandwidth difference is there?

A: The RTX 4060 provides 272.0 GB/s from 8 GB of GDDR6 at 17 Gbps effective. The Radeon Pro 460 provides 81.28 GB/s from 4 GB of GDDR5 at 5.1 Gbps. The RTX 4060 has 3.3x the bandwidth and 2x the capacity.

Q: Which GPU is better for a Mac environment?

A: The Radeon Pro 460 has a Geekbench Metal score of 20,426, and the RTX 4060 has no Metal benchmark in the fact pack. However, the RTX 4060 beats the Pro 460 by 189.3% in Vulkan and 521.9% in OpenCL, so the Pro 460's advantage is limited to Metal-specific workflows.

Q: What are the power requirements for each?

A: The RTX 4060 has a 115 W TDP and requires a 1x 12-pin power connector with a suggested 300 W PSU. The Radeon Pro 460 has a 35 W TDP, uses no power connectors, and has no suggested PSU rating. The Pro 460 is an IGP-class part.

Q: Are these GPUs still in production?

A: Both are end-of-life. The RTX 4060 was released on 2023-05-17 and has a successor in the GeForce 50 series, while the Radeon Pro 460 was released on 2016-10-29 with no listed successor.

# Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The shared benchmark set between these two GPUs contains only two tests, and the RTX 4060 wins both decisively. The Geekbench OpenCL test shows the RTX 4060 scoring 95,057 against the Radeon Pro 460's 15,284 — a delta of 521.9%. This is the largest relative gap in the entire comparison and reflects the fundamental compute resource difference: 3,072 shading units at 2,460 MHz boost versus 1,024 units at 907 MHz boost, combined with 272.0 GB/s versus 81.28 GB/s memory bandwidth.

The Geekbench Vulkan test narrows the gap in relative terms but still favors the RTX 4060 overwhelmingly. The RTX 4060 scores 48,643 versus the Pro 460's 16,816, a 189.3% delta. Vulkan 1.4 support on the RTX 4060 versus Vulkan 1.3 on the Pro 460 may contribute, but the primary driver remains the 8.1x FP32 compute advantage and the superior memory subsystem.

Where the Pro 460 does appear competitive is in the aggregate average benchmark score. The RTX 4060's average is 17,639; the Pro 460's is 17,509. That 0.7% difference is disproportionately small compared to the head-to-head results because the Pro 460's average includes its Geekbench Metal score of 20,426, which is the highest single benchmark result for either GPU in their respective benchmark sets. The RTX 4060 has no Metal entry in the fact pack, so its average is pulled from different tests including PassMark G3D at 19,545 and PassMark G2D at 1,037. The averages are not directly comparable across different test mixes — a caution against reading the 0.7% delta as meaningful performance parity.

The RTX 4060's nearest rivals list includes the Radeon Pro 460 at a 0.7% delta, but also the AMD Radeon 780M at 0.3%, the AMD Radeon Pro 560 at 0.5%, and the AMD Radeon HD 7790 at -0.2%. The Pro 460's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Tesla K40c at 0.2%, the Radeon Pro 560 at -0.2%, and the Radeon 780M at -0.5%. Both GPUs occupy the same 61st percentile among all GPUs, which indicates that aggregate percentile — driven by different benchmark mixes — does not capture the stark per-test differences. When the same workload runs on both, the RTX 4060 dominates by margins of 189.3% to 521.9%.