AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP vs NVIDIA RTX A4500 Comparison

The Verdict

The recorded data presents a clear separation of roles for these two graphics cards. The NVIDIA RTX A4500 is the dominant performer in the benchmark suite, winning both head-to-head tests decisively, and it sits at the 93rd percentile among all GPUs. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP, while a newer and more efficient design, lands at the 89th percentile and trails significantly in the compute workloads measured here.

For professionals running OpenCL or Vulkan compute tasks, the RTX A4500 is the clear choice. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 141,837 is 60.8% higher than the RX 9060 XT LP's 88,183, and its Vulkan score of 129,980 is a massive 229.3% higher than the AMD card's 39,476. The data indicates this is not a close contest in these specific workloads.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP, however, represents a different approach. It is a lower-power design at 140 W TDP versus the A4500's 200 W, it uses a 4 nm process node versus the A4500's 8 nm node, and it is an active product while the A4500 is end-of-life. Buyers constrained by power budgets or seeking a current-generation architecture might prefer the RX 9060 XT LP, but they must accept substantially lower raw compute scores in the tests recorded.

The verdict from the data is straightforward: the RTX A4500 wins on performance and is the pick for compute-heavy professional workloads. The RX 9060 XT LP is the pick for those prioritizing a modern, lower-power design, but the performance gap in these benchmarks is substantial.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from fundamentally different design philosophies. The NVIDIA RTX A4500 is built on the Ampere architecture using the GA102 chip, fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP uses the RDNA 4.0 architecture with the Navi 44 chip, built on TSMC's 4 nm node.

The transistor counts are similar but not identical. The A4500 packs 28,300 million transistors across a 628 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 45.1 million transistors per square millimeter. The RX 9060 XT LP contains 29,700 million transistors on a much smaller 199 mm² die, achieving a density of 149.2 million transistors per square millimeter. The AMD chip is more than three times denser, a direct consequence of the more advanced 4 nm process.

The compute architectures diverge sharply. The RTX A4500 is equipped with 7,168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units. It also includes 56 dedicated ray tracing cores and 224 tensor cores, the latter being absent from the RX 9060 XT LP's specification list. The AMD card has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, with 32 ray tracing cores but no tensor core equivalents listed.

Clock speeds tell another part of the story. The A4500 runs at a 1050 MHz base clock and a 1650 MHz boost clock. The RX 9060 XT LP operates at a 1380 MHz base clock, a 2450 MHz game clock, and a 3050 MHz boost clock. Despite the AMD card's much higher clocks and its higher FP32 throughput of 24.99 TFLOPS versus the A4500's 23.65 TFLOPS, the NVIDIA card dominates the recorded benchmarks. This suggests the A4500's larger execution width and dedicated tensor cores provide advantages that raw FP32 numbers do not capture.

Memory configurations differ in capacity, bus width, and bandwidth. The RTX A4500 has 20 GB of GDDR6 on a 320-bit bus delivering 640.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 9060 XT LP has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 322.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has exactly twice the memory bandwidth of the AMD card, which likely contributes to its benchmark superiority.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The head-to-head data contains two recorded tests, and the RTX A4500 wins both. The first is Geekbench OpenCL, where the A4500 scores 141,837 against the RX 9060 XT LP's 88,183. This represents a 60.8% advantage for the NVIDIA card. OpenCL is a general-purpose compute API, and the A4500's lead here is substantial, indicating a significant edge in raw parallel compute throughput as measured by this workload.

The second test, Geekbench Vulkan, shows an even larger gap. The RTX A4500 scores 129,980, while the RX 9060 XT LP manages only 39,476. The delta is 229.3% in favor of NVIDIA. Vulkan is a low-level graphics and compute API, and the A4500's more than tripled score suggests a major advantage in how the card handles Vulkan's execution model. The RX 9060 XT LP's Vulkan score is actually well below its own OpenCL score, while the A4500's scores are relatively close across both APIs. This could indicate driver maturity issues or architectural inefficiencies in the AMD card's Vulkan path, though the data alone cannot confirm the cause.

The average benchmark scores reinforce the pattern. The RTX A4500 has an average benchmark score of 91,671, placing it at the 93rd percentile of all GPUs. The RX 9060 XT LP has an average score of 63,830, at the 89th percentile. The A4500's nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile (average score 91,134, just 0.6% lower), the AMD Radeon Instinct MI60 (92,466, 0.9% higher), the NVIDIA Quadro GP100 (87,445, 4.8% lower), and the AMD Radeon PRO W7600 (87,108, 5.2% lower). The RX 9060 XT LP's nearest rivals are clustered much closer: the NVIDIA CMP 30HX (63,842, essentially tied at 0% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 7600M (63,775, 0.1% higher), the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (63,693, 0.2% higher), and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100 (64,212, 0.6% lower). The data shows the RX 9060 XT LP is in a competitive pack of similar-scoring cards, while the A4500 sits in a higher performance tier.

Specification Differences

The following fields differ between the two cards in the database.

Manufacturer and architecture: NVIDIA versus AMD, Ampere versus RDNA 4.0.

Process node and foundry: The A4500 uses Samsung 8 nm; the RX 9060 XT LP uses TSMC 4 nm.

Transistor count and die size: 28,300 million on 628 mm² for the A4500; 29,700 million on 199 mm² for the RX 9060 XT LP.

Transistor density: 45.1 million per mm² versus 149.2 million per mm².

Clock speeds: The A4500 has a 1050 MHz base and 1650 MHz boost. The RX 9060 XT LP has a 1380 MHz base, 2450 MHz game clock, and 3050 MHz boost.

Memory: The A4500 has 20 GB GDDR6 on a 320-bit bus with 640.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RX 9060 XT LP has 16 GB GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 322.3 GB/s bandwidth.

Shading units, TMUs, ROPs: 7,168 versus 2,048 shading units; 224 versus 128 TMUs; 96 versus 64 ROPs.

Ray tracing and tensor cores: 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores on the A4500; 32 RT cores and no tensor cores listed on the RX 9060 XT LP.

Pixel and texture rates: The A4500 has 158.4 GPixel/s and 369.6 GTexel/s. The RX 9060 XT LP has 195.2 GPixel/s and 390.4 GTexel/s. The AMD card is faster in both of these fill-rate metrics.

FP32 and FP16: 23.65 TFLOPS for the A4500 versus 24.99 TFLOPS for the RX 9060 XT LP, both at 1:1 ratio for FP16.

TDP and power: 200 W versus 140 W TDP; suggested PSU of 550 W versus 300 W. Both use a single 8-pin power connector and are dual-slot cards.

Bus interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 for the A4500, PCIe 5.0 x16 for the RX 9060 XT LP.

Display outputs: The A4500 has 4x DisplayPort 1.4a. The RX 9060 XT LP has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 2x DisplayPort 2.1a.

Dimensions: The A4500 is 267 mm (10.5 inches) long and 112 mm (4.4 inches) high. The RX 9060 XT LP has no recorded dimensions.

Production status and release date: The A4500 is end-of-life, released 2021-11-22. The RX 9060 XT LP is active, released 2025-12-16.

Predecessor and successor: The A4500's predecessor is Quadro Turing and successor is Workstation Ada. The RX 9060 XT LP's predecessor is Navi III; it has no recorded successor.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher benchmark score in the recorded data?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A4500 has the higher average benchmark score at 91,671, compared to the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP's 63,830. The A4500 also wins both head-to-head tests.

Q: How large is the performance gap between the two cards in Vulkan?

A: The RTX A4500 scores 129,980 in Geekbench Vulkan, which is 229.3% higher than the RX 9060 XT LP's 39,476.

Q: Does the AMD card have a higher FP32 compute rating than the NVIDIA card?

A: Yes. The RX 9060 XT LP is rated at 24.99 TFLOPS FP32, while the RTX A4500 is rated at 23.65 TFLOPS. Despite this, the A4500 wins the recorded compute benchmarks by a wide margin.

Q: What are the memory capacity and bandwidth differences?

A: The RTX A4500 has 20 GB of GDDR6 on a 320-bit bus with 640.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RX 9060 XT LP has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 322.3 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which card is more power-efficient in terms of TDP?

A: The RX 9060 XT LP has a 140 W TDP and a suggested PSU of 300 W, both lower than the RTX A4500's 200 W TDP and 550 W suggested PSU.

Q: How does the RX 9060 XT LP compare to its nearest rivals in the database?

A: The RX 9060 XT LP's average score of 63,830 is essentially tied with the NVIDIA CMP 30HX (0% delta), within 0.2% of the AMD Radeon RX 7600M and Radeon Pro Vega 56, and 0.6% below the AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100.