AMD Radeon Pro 560X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The data in this comparison is decisively one-sided. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 wins every benchmark where both products have recorded scores, with margins that are not merely incremental but transformational. In the two shared tests, the RTX 4060 does not just beat the AMD Radeon Pro 560X; it outclasses it by multiples.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4060 posts a score of 95,057 against the Radeon Pro 560X's 9,663. That is a delta of 883.7% in favor of the NVIDIA card. In practical terms, the RTX 4060 delivers nearly ten times the compute throughput in this API. The Geekbench Vulkan test tells a similar story, though with a slightly smaller gap. Here the RTX 4060 scores 48,643, while the Radeon Pro 560X manages 16,819, a 189.2% lead for NVIDIA. The RTX 4060's Vulkan result is still more than double the AMD part's score.

The overall average benchmark scores reinforce this pattern. The RTX 4060 holds an average score of 17,639 across all recorded tests, while the Radeon Pro 560X averages 15,082. That is a 17% margin in the database's composite metric. The RTX 4060 also sits at the 61st percentile among all GPUs, compared to the 57th percentile for the Radeon Pro 560X. So even in aggregate terms, the newer NVIDIA part sits in a higher tier.

The RTX 4060's nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon HD 7790 (average score 17,666, delta of 0.2% against the RTX 4060) and the AMD Radeon 780M (17,588, delta 0.3%). The AMD Radeon Pro 560X, by contrast, clusters around the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti (15,063, delta 0.1%) and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 (15,171, delta 0.6%). The gap between the two products in the composite is larger than the gap between the RTX 4060 and any of its nearest rivals, and it is larger than the gap between the Radeon Pro 560X and any of its nearest rivals.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4060 wins in every category that the database measures. There is no recorded test where the Radeon Pro 560X comes out ahead. The wins are split across compute-heavy and graphics-heavy workloads, indicating that the advantage is architectural and not limited to one API or one type of operation.

The biggest win for the RTX 4060 is in OpenCL compute. Its 95,057 score against 9,663 is a 883.7% advantage, and this test is often used to evaluate general-purpose GPU compute performance. The RTX 4060's 15.11 TFLOPS FP32 rate and its 15.11 TFLOPS FP16 rate (1:1) dwarf the Radeon Pro 560X's 2.056 TFLOPS in both precisions. The NVIDIA part also has 3,072 shading units versus 1,024, so the raw parallel throughput advantage is nearly exactly threefold in hardware terms.

In Vulkan, the RTX 4060's 189.2% lead is also substantial. This is a cross-platform graphics API, and the higher score suggests better driver optimization and/or hardware feature support. The RTX 4060 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the Radeon Pro 560X supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. The API version gap does not directly explain the performance delta, but the hardware capability gap is clear.

The Radeon Pro 560X has no recorded wins. Its only benchmark data comes from Geekbench Metal (18,763), OpenCL (9,663), and Vulkan (16,819). The database shows no test where it outperforms the RTX 4060. This is a binary outcome: if you need the performance measured by these tests, the NVIDIA card is the only choice.

The Verdict

The data is decisive. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is the superior product in every measurable category in this comparison. It wins both head-to-head tests, holds a higher average benchmark score (17,639 vs 15,082), and sits at a higher percentile (61 vs 57). The RTX 4060 is also a more modern architecture: Ada Lovelace on a 5 nm process, versus GCN 4.0 on 14 nm.

Anyone who needs GPU compute for OpenCL or Vulkan workloads should choose the RTX 4060 without hesitation. The delta 883.7% in OpenCL is not a niche edge; it is a difference of nearly an order of magnitude. The Vulkan advantage of 189.2% is similarly large.

The Radeon Pro 560X is an older, lower-performance part. It has half the memory (4 GB vs 8 GB), a much slower memory bus in practice (94.08 GB/s vs 272 GB/s), and a fraction of the shading units (1,024 vs 3,072). Its only potential advantage is the lower TDP of 75 W versus 115 W, but that is not a factor in benchmark scores. The data suggests this is a product from a different era, and it performs accordingly.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the Geekbench OpenCL test?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 scores 95,057, while the AMD Radeon Pro 560X scores 9,663. The RTX 4060 leads by 883.7%.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each GPU?

A: The RTX 4060 averages 17,639 points, while the Radeon Pro 560X averages 15,082 points.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro 560X win any benchmark against the RTX 4060?

A: No, the database records zero wins for the Radeon Pro 560X. The RTX 4060 wins both head-to-head tests.

Q: How much faster is the RTX 4060 in the Vulkan test?

A: The RTX 4060 scores 48,643, and the Radeon Pro 560X scores 16,819, for a delta of 189.2%.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth of each GPU?

A: The RTX 4060 has 272.0 GB/s bandwidth, while the Radeon Pro 560X has 94.08 GB/s.

Q: Which GPU has a higher 3DMark Steel Nomad score?

A: The RTX 4060 is the only one with a recorded score in the database for 3DMark (2,302). The Radeon Pro 560X has no such record, so the comparison is not possible.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs are built on fundamentally different architectures and process nodes. The RTX 4060 uses the AD107 chip, based on NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace architecture. It is fabricated by TSMC on a 5 nm process node, with 18,900 million transistors on a die size of 159 mm². This results in a transistor density of 118.9 million per mm². Ada Lovelace is a modern architecture with dedicated hardware for real-time ray tracing and AI acceleration: the RTX 4060 includes 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores.

The Radeon Pro 560X uses the Polaris 21 chip, based on AMD's GCN 4.0 architecture. It is fabricated by GlobalFoundries on a 14 nm process, with 3,000 million transistors on a die size of 123 mm². The transistor density is 24.4 million per mm², a much lower figure. GCN 4.0 is an older architecture that lacks dedicated ray tracing hardware and tensor cores; those fields are marked as null in the database.

The resource distribution also differs significantly. The RTX 4060 has 3,072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The Radeon Pro 560X has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and only 16 ROPs. The NVIDIA part has 24 ray tracing cores and 96 tensor cores, while the AMD part has none. The compute rates confirm the hierarchy: the RTX 4060 offers 15.11 TFLOPS FP32 and FP16 (1:1), while the Radeon Pro 560X offers 2.056 TFLOPS in both. The texture rate is 236.2 GTexel/s for the RTX 4060 versus 64.26 for the Radeon Pro 560X, and the pixel rate is 118.1 GPixel/s versus 16.06.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ in nearly every measured specification. The RTX 4060 has a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz; the Radeon Pro 560X has no reported base or boost clock. The memory configuration is a key difference: the RTX 4060 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, with 17 Gbps effective memory clock and 272.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 560X has 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus, with a 5.9 Gbps effective memory clock and 94.08 GB/s bandwidth.

The power and physical specifications also diverge. The RTX 4060 has a TDP of 115 W, is dual-slot, uses a single 12-pin power connector, and requires a 300 W PSU. The Radeon Pro 560X has a TDP of 75 W, is an IGP (integrated graphics) form factor with no power connectors, and has no suggested PSU. The bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8 for the RTX 4060 and PCIe 3.0 x8 for the Radeon Pro 560X. The RTX 4060 has a 240 mm length, 111 mm height, and 40 mm width; the Radeon Pro 560X has no recorded dimensions. The API support also differs: the RTX 4060 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the Radeon Pro 560X supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. Both support OpenGL 4.6. The RTX 4060 was released in May 2023 with a launch MSRP of 299 USD, while the Radeon Pro 560X was released in July 2018 with no recorded MSRP. The RTX 4060 is end-of-life and was preceded by GeForce 30, to be succeeded by GeForce 50. The Radeon Pro 560X is also end-of-life but has no predecessor or successor in the database.