AMD Radeon RX 9060 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Comparison

FAQ

Q: How do the two cards compare in average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9060 has an average benchmark score of 16,014 and sits at the 59th percentile of all GPUs. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server has no recorded benchmark scores, an average score of 0, and is at the 50th percentile.

Q: What are the nearest rivals to the AMD Radeon RX 9060?

A: The database places the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti closest with an average score of 16,129 (0.7% ahead of the RX 9060), followed by the AMD Radeon R9 370X at 15,862 (1% behind), the AMD Radeon RX 7700 at 15,852 (1% behind), and the AMD Radeon Pro W5500 at 15,679 (2.1% behind).

Q: Which card has more memory and bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server uses 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus with 800.3 GB/s bandwidth. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What are the power requirements of each card?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9060 has a TDP of 132 W with a suggested PSU of 300 W and uses a single 8-pin connector. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server has a TDP of 165 W, a suggested PSU of 450 W, and uses a single 16-pin connector.

Q: Do both cards support the same graphics APIs?

A: Yes, both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Q: What is the production status and release timing for each?

A: Both are listed as Active. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 was released on 2025-08-04, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server has a release date of 2026-03-16.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 uses the Navi 44 chip built on RDNA 4.0 architecture with the codename Strix Point, part of the Navi IV (RX 9000) generation. It is manufactured on a 4 nm process at TSMC with 29,700 million transistors on a 199 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 149.2M per mm². The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server uses the GB203 chip built on Blackwell 2.0 architecture, part of the Server Blackwell (Bxx) generation. It is manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 120.6M per mm². The AMD card packs more transistors per square millimeter, but the NVIDIA card has substantially more total transistors and a larger die.

The compute resources differ significantly. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 has 1,792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, 64 raster operation units, and 28 ray tracing cores. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server has 10,496 shading units, 328 TMUs, 112 ROPs, 82 RT cores, and 328 tensor cores. The NVIDIA card also includes tensor cores, which the AMD card does not list. The theoretical peak rates reflect this gap: the AMD card delivers 21.43 TFLOPS FP32 and 21.43 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1), while the NVIDIA card delivers 50.70 TFLOPS FP32 and 50.70 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1). Pixel and texture rates follow the same pattern: the AMD card reaches 191.4 GPixel/s and 334.9 GTexel/s, while the NVIDIA card reaches 270.5 GPixel/s and 792.1 GTexel/s.

Clock behavior also differs. The AMD card has a base clock of 1700 MHz, a boost clock of 2990 MHz, a game clock of 2400 MHz, and memory clock of 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The NVIDIA card has a base clock of 1215 MHz, a boost clock of 2415 MHz, no game clock listed, and a memory clock of 1563 MHz (25 Gbps effective). The AMD card runs at higher core clocks, but the NVIDIA card compensates with far wider execution resources and faster memory.

Physical design and connectivity diverge as well. The AMD card is a dual-slot design with a single 8-pin power connector, a 300 W suggested PSU, and display outputs of 1x HDMI 2.1b and 2x DisplayPort 2.1a. The NVIDIA card is a single-slot design with a single 16-pin power connector, a 450 W suggested PSU, and no display outputs. Both use a PCIe 5.0 x16 bus interface. The NVIDIA card has recorded dimensions of 267 mm in length, 111 mm in height, and 40 mm in width; the AMD card has no dimensions listed.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 wins in the only benchmark category where both cards have recorded data, because the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server has no benchmark entries in the database. The AMD card has ten benchmark results covering 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan, and multiple Passmark tests (DirectX 9, 10, 11, 12, G2D, G3D, and GPU Compute). The NVIDIA card has zero recorded benchmarks. Based on the available measurements, the RX 9060 is the only card in this comparison with verified performance data.

For users requiring display output, the AMD card is the clear choice because it provides HDMI 2.1b and DisplayPort 2.1a outputs. The NVIDIA server card has no outputs at all, which is consistent with a server-oriented product. The AMD card also draws less power with a 132 W TDP versus 165 W, and it requires a smaller suggested PSU at 300 W versus 450 W.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server wins on raw hardware capacity. Its 32 GB of GDDR7 memory, 256-bit bus, and 800.3 GB/s bandwidth dwarf the AMD card's 8 GB GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s. Its 50.70 TFLOPS FP32 is more than double the AMD card's 21.43 TFLOPS. The NVIDIA card also leads in shading units, TMUs, ROPs, RT cores, texture rate, and pixel rate. The AMD card counters with a higher boost clock (2990 MHz vs 2415 MHz), higher transistor density, and a smaller die.

Specification Differences

Memory capacity: the AMD card has 8 GB GDDR6; the NVIDIA card has 32 GB GDDR7. Memory bus width: 128 bit versus 256 bit. Memory bandwidth: 288.0 GB/s versus 800.3 GB/s. Shading units: 1,792 versus 10,496. TMUs: 112 versus 328. ROPs: 64 versus 112. RT cores: 28 versus 82. Tensor cores: none listed versus 328. Pixel rate: 191.4 GPixel/s versus 270.5 GPixel/s. Texture rate: 334.9 GTexel/s versus 792.1 GTexel/s. FP32: 21.43 TFLOPS versus 50.70 TFLOPS. FP16: 21.43 TFLOPS versus 50.70 TFLOPS.

Process node: 4 nm versus 5 nm. Transistor count: 29,700 million versus 45,600 million. Die size: 199 mm² versus 378 mm². Transistor density: 149.2M per mm² versus 120.6M per mm². Base clock: 1700 MHz versus 1215 MHz. Boost clock: 2990 MHz versus 2415 MHz. Game clock: 2400 MHz versus not listed. Memory clock: 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) versus 1563 MHz (25 Gbps effective). TDP: 132 W versus 165 W. Slot width: dual-slot versus single-slot. Power connector: 1x 8-pin versus 1x 16-pin. Suggested PSU: 300 W versus 450 W. Display outputs: 1x HDMI 2.1b and 2x DisplayPort 2.1a versus no outputs. Dimensions: not listed versus 267 mm x 111 mm x 40 mm. Release date: 2025-08-04 versus 2026-03-16. Predecessor: Navi III versus Server Hopper. Successor: none versus Server Rubin.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no head-to-head benchmark entries between the AMD Radeon RX 9060 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server. The AMD card has its own benchmark set, but the NVIDIA card has no benchmark results recorded at all. This makes a direct per-test comparison impossible from the available data.

The AMD card's best recorded results include a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3,322, a Geekbench OpenCL score of 88,183, a Geekbench Vulkan score of 39,476, a Passmark G3D score of 17,631, and a Passmark GPU Compute score of 9,919. Its Passmark legacy DirectX scores are 280 for DirectX 9, 104 for DirectX 10, 182 for DirectX 11, and 44 for DirectX 12. The Passmark G2D score is 1,002. These figures place the RX 9060 at the 59th percentile of all GPUs with an average score of 16,014.

The nearest rival comparison for the AMD card shows it is tightly grouped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which averages 16,129 and is 0.7% ahead. The AMD Radeon R9 370X and AMD Radeon RX 7700 both average 15,862 and sit 1% behind the RX 9060. The AMD Radeon Pro W5500 averages 15,679 and trails by 2.1%. This clustering indicates the RX 9060 performs within a narrow band around these cards in the database's aggregate scoring.

For the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server, no nearest rivals are listed and no average score exists. Its percentile of 50 reflects the absence of measured data rather than measured performance. The only meaningful comparisons in this matchup are architectural and specification-based.

The Verdict

The data supports a clear split. For any workload requiring measured benchmark evidence, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 is the only option with recorded performance. It delivers a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3,322, a Geekbench OpenCL score of 88,183, and a Passmark G3D score of 17,631, placing it at the 59th percentile of all GPUs. It also provides display outputs, a dual-slot form factor, and a 132 W TDP with a 300 W suggested PSU.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server offers no benchmark data in the database, so any performance claim about it cannot be verified from these records. What the specification sheet shows is a much larger hardware configuration: 32 GB GDDR7, 800.3 GB/s bandwidth, 50.70 TFLOPS FP32, 10,496 shading units, 82 RT cores, and 328 tensor cores. It also has a single-slot design, a 165 W TDP, and a 450 W suggested PSU. Its release date of 2026-03-16 is later than the AMD card's 2025-08-04, and its predecessor is listed as Server Hopper with a successor of Server Rubin.

Users who need verified performance, display connectivity, and lower power draw should look to the AMD Radeon RX 9060. Users who need maximum memory capacity, bandwidth, and compute resources on paper should look to the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server, with the caveat that no benchmark measurements currently exist for it. The AMD card wins the only category with actual test data; the NVIDIA card wins the specification comparison by substantial margins in nearly every compute metric.