AMD Radeon Pro 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Comparison

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 occupy nearly identical positions in the overall GPU hierarchy, with the Radeon Pro 5700 sitting at the 62nd percentile of all GPUs and the RTX 4060 at the 61st percentile. Their average benchmark scores are close, at 18,189 for the AMD part and 17,639 for the NVIDIA part, yet the head-to-head results tell a starkly different story: the RTX 4060 wins 8 of 9 direct comparisons, often by substantial margins, while the Radeon Pro 5700 takes only a single victory. This split between overall placement and direct testing reflects fundamental architectural differences that manifest differently across workloads.

The Verdict

The data points to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 as the stronger choice for almost any compute or graphics workload that relies on modern APIs. Its lead in OpenCL compute is enormous, at 95,057 versus 52,787 for the AMD Radeon Pro 5700, a 44.5% advantage that dwarfs every other difference between the two cards. The RTX 4060 also dominates in every Passmark DirectX test, from DirectX 9 (236 versus 143, a 39.4% gap) through DirectX 12 (76 versus 48, a 36.8% gap), and in the Passmark G3D suite it posts 19,545 against 11,583, a 40.7% margin. For users running DirectX-based games or general GPU compute, the verdict is unambiguous: the RTX 4060 is the card to pick.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700’s lone head-to-head win comes in the Vulkan benchmark, where it scores 51,289 against the RTX 4060’s 48,643, a 5.4% advantage. This single win, combined with its higher average benchmark score (18,189 versus 17,639) and slightly better percentile ranking (62 versus 61), means the Radeon Pro 5700 is not without merit. However, those overall metrics are pulled up by the Pro 5700’s stronger showing in the Vulkan test and its closer-than-expected performance in the Passmark G2D 2D graphics test, where it trails by only 22.4% (805 versus 1,037). The RTX 4060 wins every other category, often by margins exceeding 30%, so the Pro 5700 is only advisable for workloads that specifically favor Vulkan over other APIs.

Architecture Differences

The two cards represent entirely different design philosophies separated by three years of silicon evolution. The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 is built on the Navi 10 chip using RDNA 1.0 architecture, fabricated on a 7 nm process from TSMC. It packs 10,300 million transistors into a 251 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 41.0 million per square millimeter. Its configuration includes 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, by contrast, uses the AD107 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture, produced on a 5 nm TSMC process. It crams 18,900 million transistors into a smaller 159 mm² die, achieving a density of 118.9 million transistors per square millimeter. The RTX 4060 has 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 48 ROPs.

The most significant architectural divergence is in specialized hardware. The RTX 4060 includes 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores, while the Radeon Pro 5700 has neither RT cores nor tensor cores listed. This means the NVIDIA card has dedicated hardware for ray tracing and AI-accelerated workloads that the AMD card simply lacks. The FP16 compute rates also differ sharply: the Radeon Pro 5700 delivers 12.44 TFLOPS in FP16 using a 2:1 ratio relative to its 6.221 TFLOPS FP32, while the RTX 4060 provides 15.11 TFLOPS in both FP16 and FP32, indicating a 1:1 ratio that avoids the AMD card’s throughput penalty on FP16 tasks. The RTX 4060 also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) versus the Radeon Pro 5700’s DirectX 12 (12_1), reflecting the newer feature set.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The OpenCL result is the single largest gap in the entire comparison. The RTX 4060 scores 95,057 versus the Radeon Pro 5700’s 52,787, a 44.5% deficit for the AMD part. This is not a marginal difference; it indicates that for OpenCL-based compute tasks, the RTX 4060 completes work in roughly half the time. The Passmark GPU Compute benchmark reinforces this, with the RTX 4060 at 9,213 versus 4,961 for the Pro 5700, a 46.2% gap that is even wider in relative terms.

DirectX performance follows a similar pattern, though the margins vary by API version. The Pro 5700’s best DirectX result is in DirectX 9, where it scores 143 against the RTX 4060’s 236 (a 39.4% gap). The gap narrows to 31.1% in DirectX 10 (103 versus 71) but then widens again to 55.4% in DirectX 11 (175 versus 78) — the largest single-test delta in the entire dataset. DirectX 12 shows a 36.8% difference (76 versus 48). The Passmark G3D overall graphics score gives the RTX 4060 a 40.7% lead (19,545 versus 11,583), while the G2D 2D test shows the smallest margin, with the RTX 4060 ahead by 22.4% (1,037 versus 805).

The Vulkan result is the exception that proves the rule. The Radeon Pro 5700 wins this test with 51,289 versus 48,643, a 5.4% advantage. It is the only benchmark where the AMD card leads, and the margin is modest compared to the NVIDIA card’s wins elsewhere. Notably, the Pro 5700’s Vulkan score is nearly identical to its OpenCL score (51,289 versus 52,787), while the RTX 4060’s Vulkan score (48,643) is less than half its OpenCL score (95,057), suggesting that the NVIDIA card’s Vulkan driver path does not extract the same level of performance as its OpenCL path.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ on nearly every specification that defines their physical and electrical characteristics. The Radeon Pro 5700 uses a 256-bit memory bus with 8 GB of GDDR6 at 12 Gbps effective, delivering 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 4060 uses a narrower 128-bit bus with 8 GB of GDDR6 at 17 Gbps effective, providing 272.0 GB/s. The AMD card has more TMUs (144 versus 96) and more ROPs (64 versus 48), but the RTX 4060 has more shading units (3072 versus 2304) and much higher clock speeds: its base clock is 1830 MHz and boost clock is 2460 MHz, against 1243 MHz and 1350 MHz for the Pro 5700. These clocks explain why the RTX 4060 achieves higher pixel and texture rates (118.1 GPixel/s and 236.2 GTexel/s versus 86.40 GPixel/s and 194.4 GTexel/s) despite having fewer fixed-function units.

Power and physical attributes also diverge. The Radeon Pro 5700 is rated at 130 W TDP, while the RTX 4060 is rated at 115 W. Both recommend a 300 W power supply, but the RTX 4060 is a dual-slot card with a 1x 12-pin connector, measuring 240 mm by 111 mm by 40 mm, while the Pro 5700 is an IGP (integrated graphics package) with no power connectors, no display outputs, and no listed dimensions. The RTX 4060 offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, whereas the Pro 5700 has no outputs at all. The bus interfaces differ as well: PCIe 4.0 x16 for the AMD card versus PCIe 4.0 x8 for the NVIDIA card. The Pro 5700 was released on 2020-08-03 and is end-of-life; the RTX 4060 launched on 2023-05-17, is also end-of-life, and had a launch MSRP of 299 USD.

FAQ

Q: Which card has better overall compute performance?

A: The RTX 4060 wins decisively in compute-oriented tests. Its OpenCL score of 95,057 is 44.5% higher than the Radeon Pro 5700’s 52,787, and its Passmark GPU Compute score of 9,213 is 46.2% higher than the Pro 5700’s 4,961.

Q: Is there any test where the Radeon Pro 5700 wins?

A: Yes, the Pro 5700 wins the Geekbench Vulkan test with a score of 51,289 versus 48,643 for the RTX 4060, a 5.4% margin. This is the only head-to-head benchmark it wins out of nine total comparisons.

Q: How do their overall GPU rankings compare?

A: The Radeon Pro 5700 sits at the 62nd percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 18,189, while the RTX 4060 sits at the 61st percentile with an average score of 17,639. The Pro 5700’s nearest rival is the RTX 3060 Mobile (0.2% delta), and the RTX 4060’s nearest rival is the HD 7790 (-0.2% delta).

Q: What are the memory bandwidth differences?

A: The Radeon Pro 5700 has a 256-bit bus with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth, while the RTX 4060 has a 128-bit bus with 272.0 GB/s bandwidth. Despite the narrower bus, the RTX 4060 uses faster 17 Gbps effective memory versus 12 Gbps on the Pro 5700.

Q: Which card has more shading units and why does it matter?

A: The RTX 4060 has 3072 shading units versus 2304 on the Radeon Pro 5700. Combined with its much higher boost clock (2460 MHz versus 1350 MHz), this yields 15.11 TFLOPS FP32 performance versus 6.221 TFLOPS for the AMD card.

Q: Does the RTX 4060 have any hardware features the Pro 5700 lacks?

A: Yes, the RTX 4060 includes 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores, while the Radeon Pro 5700 has no RT or tensor cores listed. The RTX 4060 also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), compared to DirectX 12 (12_1) for the Pro 5700.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is the clear winner in every DirectX-based workload, from legacy DirectX 9 through modern DirectX 12. Its margins range from 31.1% in DirectX 10 to a crushing 55.4% in DirectX 11, making it the obvious choice for gaming or any application built on Microsoft’s graphics APIs. Its OpenCL performance is even more dominant, with a 44.5% lead, so any compute task using OpenCL — including many scientific, machine learning, and rendering workloads — will run dramatically faster on the RTX 4060. The Passmark G3D and GPU Compute results confirm this across both general graphics and raw compute throughput.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700’s only win is the Vulkan benchmark, where its 5.4% edge (51,289 versus 48,643) shows that its RDNA 1.0 architecture can still hold its own in Vulkan titles or Vulkan-based compute. Its higher average benchmark score (18,189 versus 17,639) and superior percentile ranking (62 versus 61) also suggest that, in a mixed workload that heavily weights Vulkan, the Pro 5700 can edge out the RTX 4060 on aggregate. However, the Pro 5700’s status as an IGP with no display outputs and no power connectors means it is not a drop-in replacement for a desktop GPU; it is designed for integrated systems where the RTX 4060’s dual-slot, 240 mm card with 12-pin power and full display connectivity cannot fit. For users who need a standalone graphics card with outputs, the RTX 4060 is the only viable option in this comparison; for those building a system around an IGP and prioritizing Vulkan performance, the Pro 5700 has a narrow but real advantage.