GPU Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 and AMD Radeon Pro 560 sit at opposite ends of the GPU spectrum, yet their average benchmark scores place them just 0.5% apart. The RTX 4060, an end-of-life desktop part from 2023, and the Radeon Pro 560, a 2017 integrated mobile workstation GPU, both hold a 61st percentile ranking among all GPUs. That statistical tie, however, masks a dramatic gulf in architecture, memory, and raw compute capability that becomes obvious in any modern workload.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 scores 17,639 on average, while the AMD Radeon Pro 560 scores 17,551. The RTX 4060 leads by 0.5%, a margin of just 88 points, placing both cards at the 61st percentile of all GPUs.

Q: How do the two cards compare in Geekbench OpenCL performance?

A: The RTX 4060 delivers 95,057 points versus 15,504 for the Radeon Pro 560. That is a 513.1% advantage for the NVIDIA card, making it the single largest performance gap in the head-to-head data.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The RTX 4060 features 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 272.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 560 has 4 GB of GDDR5 on the same 128-bit bus, but bandwidth drops to 81.28 GB/s, less than one-third of the NVIDIA card's throughput.

Q: Are both cards still in production?

A: No. Both are listed as end-of-life. The RTX 4060 was released in May 2023, while the Radeon Pro 560 came out in April 2017, a gap of roughly six years.

Q: Which GPU has a higher pixel fill rate?

A: The RTX 4060 achieves 118.1 GPixel/s, which is over eight times the Radeon Pro 560's 14.51 GPixel/s. This reflects the NVIDIA card's 48 ROPs versus the AMD card's 16.

Q: What API support differences exist?

A: The RTX 4060 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the Radeon Pro 560 is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. Both cards support OpenGL 4.6.

The Verdict

The data points to a clear split: the RTX 4060 is the only rational choice for any compute, gaming, or modern 3D application. Its 513.1% lead in Geekbench OpenCL and 199.7% lead in Geekbench Vulkan are not incremental improvements, they represent a generational chasm. The Radeon Pro 560's 1.858 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is dwarfed by the RTX 4060's 15.11 TFLOPS, an 8.1x difference that shows up in every measurable test.

The Radeon Pro 560's only conceivable advantage is its 75 W TDP and integrated form factor, which suits a specific portable Mac use case. But even there, the RTX 4060's 115 W TDP with a 300 W suggested PSU is modest for a desktop card. For anyone comparing these two as alternatives, the RTX 4060 wins decisively on every benchmark where both have scores. The 0.5% average score parity is an artifact of the Radeon Pro 560 having a single strong Geekbench Metal result that is not comparable to NVIDIA's DirectX and Vulkan tests.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two shared benchmarks tell a one-sided story. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4060 posts 95,057 points against the Radeon Pro 560's 15,504. The 513.1% delta is the largest in the comparison, reflecting the NVIDIA card's 3,072 shading units versus 1,024, plus its 5 nm process node. This test stresses raw compute throughput, where the RTX 4060's 15.11 TFLOPS FP32 obliterates the older card's 1.858 TFLOPS.

Geekbench Vulkan shows a similar pattern. The RTX 4060 scores 48,643, while the Radeon Pro 560 manages 16,232, a 199.7% advantage for NVIDIA. Vulkan's lower-level API access rewards the RTX 4060's modern architecture and 24 RT cores, even though this workload doesn't explicitly test ray tracing. The Radeon Pro 560 has no RT cores or tensor cores at all.

Notably, the Radeon Pro 560 has a Geekbench Metal score of 20,918, but no comparable Metal result exists for the RTX 4060. This is the only benchmark where the AMD card has a data point the NVIDIA card lacks. In the two tests where both GPUs appear, the RTX 4060 wins both, giving it a 2-0 head-to-head record.

Specification Differences

The most striking spec gap is in process technology. The RTX 4060 uses a 5 nm TSMC node, while the Radeon Pro 560 relies on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process. That process difference explains much of the efficiency and density disparity: the RTX 4060 packs 18,900 million transistors into 159 mm² (118.9M / mm²), versus 3,000 million transistors in 123 mm² (24.4M / mm²) for the AMD card.

Memory is another clear separator. The RTX 4060 has 8 GB GDDR6 with 272.0 GB/s bandwidth; the Radeon Pro 560 has 4 GB GDDR5 with 81.28 GB/s. Both use a 128-bit bus, but the NVIDIA card's memory clock of 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective) versus 1270 MHz (5.1 Gbps effective) drives the 3.3x bandwidth advantage.

Compute resources differ by similar margins. The RTX 4060 features 3,072 shading units, 96 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 24 RT cores, and 96 tensor cores. The Radeon Pro 560 has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 16 ROPs, with no RT or tensor core support. Pixel rate is 118.1 GPixel/s versus 14.51 GPixel/s; texture rate is 236.2 GTexel/s versus 58.05 GTexel/s.

Physical and power characteristics also diverge. The RTX 4060 is a dual-slot card measuring 240 mm x 111 mm x 40 mm, requiring a 1x 12-pin connector and a 300 W suggested PSU. The Radeon Pro 560 is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors and no dimensions given, drawing 75 W. The RTX 4060 uses PCIe 4.0 x8; the Radeon Pro 560 uses PCIe 3.0 x8.

Architecture Differences

The RTX 4060 is built on NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace architecture, a design that introduced dedicated RT cores and tensor cores to the GeForce 40-series. Its 24 RT cores enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing, while 96 tensor cores handle AI and DLSS workloads. The chip, AD107, is a 5 nm design from TSMC with a transistor density of 118.9M / mm². The Radeon Pro 560 uses AMD's GCN 4.0 architecture on the Polaris 21 chip, a 14 nm design from GlobalFoundries. GCN 4.0 was introduced in 2016 and lacks dedicated ray tracing or tensor hardware.

The FP16 and FP32 throughput on the RTX 4060 is identical at 15.11 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), indicating full-rate FP16 execution. The Radeon Pro 560 also has a 1:1 FP16:FP32 ratio, but at a much lower 1.858 TFLOPS. Both support DirectX 12 and Vulkan, but the RTX 4060's DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) feature set includes mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and other modern rendering features unavailable on the Radeon Pro 560's DirectX 12 (12_0) implementation.

Display output capability differs sharply: the RTX 4060 offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the Radeon Pro 560's outputs are "Portable Device Dependent," reflecting its intended use inside a laptop or iMac-style system. The RTX 4060's predecessor is the GeForce 30 series and its successor is GeForce 50; the Radeon Pro 560 lists no predecessor or successor, marking it as a standalone entry in the Radeon Pro Mac 500 series.