AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile Comparison

Where Each One Wins — use-case split based on benchmark wins

The head-to-head benchmark results are overwhelmingly one-sided: AMD Radeon RX 9070 wins 8 of 9 tests, with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile taking a single victory. That lone win is in Geekbench Vulkan, where the NVIDIA part scores 89,569 against AMD’s 58,705 — a 34.5% margin in NVIDIA’s favor. This suggests the RTX 4060 Mobile has a distinct advantage in Vulkan-based workloads, which often appear in cross-platform game engines and compute applications using that API.

Beyond that single outlier, the RX 9070 dominates every other category. The largest deltas come in Passmark GPU Compute (116.2% ahead) and Passmark G2D (75.3% ahead), indicating that the AMD card is not only faster at raw compute but also at 2D graphics operations. In DirectX 11, the RX 9070 leads by 79%, and in DirectX 9 by 58.8%. DirectX 10 shows a 31.8% advantage, while DirectX 12 is nearly a tie — the RX 9070 wins by just 1.4% (74 vs. 73). The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, however, is not part of the head-to-head list; only the Passmark DX12 score is compared.

The overall average benchmark score reflects this split: RX 9070 averages 23,877 across all its tests, while RTX 4060 Mobile averages 22,729 — a 5.1% difference. Both cards sit close in the global percentile ranking: RX 9070 is at the 69th percentile of all GPUs, RTX 4060 Mobile at the 67th. So while the AMD card is consistently faster in most tests, the performance gap in average terms is modest, and the Vulkan result shows the NVIDIA part has a specific strength that could matter for certain applications.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different design philosophies. AMD’s RX 9070 uses the Navi 48 chip built on RDNA 4.0 architecture, manufactured on TSMC’s 4 nm process. NVIDIA’s RTX 4060 Mobile uses the AD107 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture, made on TSMC’s 5 nm node. The AMD chip integrates 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 151.0 million per mm². The NVIDIA chip is much smaller: 18,900 million transistors on 159 mm², for a density of 118.9 million per mm².

The RX 9070 is a desktop-class part with a 220 W TDP and dual-slot cooling, requiring two 8-pin power connectors and a suggested 550 W PSU. The RTX 4060 Mobile is an integrated GPU (IGP) with a 115 W TDP, no power connectors, and display outputs that are portable-device dependent. The bus interface also differs: RX 9070 uses PCIe 5.0 x16, while RTX 4060 Mobile uses PCIe 4.0 x8.

Feature-wise, the RX 9070 has no tensor cores (the field is null), whereas the RTX 4060 Mobile includes 96 tensor cores. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The AMD card offers display outputs of 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1a, while the NVIDIA mobile part leaves this to the portable device’s design.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The most striking result is in Passmark GPU Compute: RX 9070 scores 14,737 versus RTX 4060 Mobile’s 6,816 — a 116.2% advantage. This more than doubles the NVIDIA part’s compute throughput, which aligns with the AMD card having 3,584 shading units versus 3,072, and 224 TMUs versus 96. The FP32 math rate tells a similar story: 36.13 TFLOPS for AMD versus 11.61 TFLOPS for NVIDIA. Yet the Vulkan test flips the script entirely — RTX 4060 Mobile leads by 34.5% (89,569 vs. 58,705), despite its lower raw compute specs. This suggests that Vulkan performance is influenced by factors beyond raw FP32 throughput, likely driver optimization or architecture-specific scheduling.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 9070 scores 131,539 against 89,420 — a 47.1% lead. Passmark G3D shows a 45.3% advantage (25,381 vs. 17,469). DirectX 11 is another large win: 281 vs. 157, or 79%. DirectX 9 gives 343 vs. 216, a 58.8% margin. The DirectX 10 result is closer but still decisive: 141 vs. 107, or 31.8%. DirectX 12 is effectively a tie — 74 vs. 73, a 1.4% edge for AMD — which is notable given the RX 9070’s much higher pixel rate (322.6 GPixel/s vs. 90.72 GPixel/s) and texture rate (564.5 GTexel/s vs. 181.4 GTexel/s). The Passmark G2D test shows a 75.3% advantage (1,280 vs. 730), indicating the AMD card is substantially faster at 2D operations.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 9070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile |

|---|---|---|

| Process node | 4 nm | 5 nm |

| Transistors | 53,900 million | 18,900 million |

| Die size | 357 mm² | 159 mm² |

| Transistor density | 151.0M / mm² | 118.9M / mm² |

| Base clock | 1330 MHz | 1545 MHz |

| Boost clock | 2520 MHz | 1890 MHz |

| Game clock | 2070 MHz | — |

| Memory clock | 2518 MHz (20.1 Gbps effective) | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) |

| Memory size | 16 GB | 8 GB |

| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 644.6 GB/s | 256.0 GB/s |

| Shading units | 3584 | 3072 |

| TMUs | 224 | 96 |

| ROPs | 128 | 48 |

| RT cores | 56 | 24 |

| Tensor cores | — | 96 |

| Pixel rate | 322.6 GPixel/s | 90.72 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 564.5 GTexel/s | 181.4 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 36.13 TFLOPS | 11.61 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 36.13 TFLOPS (1:1) | 11.61 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 220 W | 115 W |

| Slot width | Dual-slot | IGP |

| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |

| Suggested PSU | 550 W | — |

| Bus interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |

| Display outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a | Portable Device Dependent |

| Release date | 2025-03-05 | 2023-01-02 |

| Predecessor | Navi III | GeForce 30 Mobile |

| Successor | — | GeForce 50 Mobile |

| Launch MSRP | 549 USD | — |

FAQ

Q: Which GPU wins more benchmark tests?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 wins 8 of 9 head-to-head tests, with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile winning only the Geekbench Vulkan test.

Q: How large is the AMD card’s lead in compute performance?

A: In Passmark GPU Compute, the RX 9070 scores 14,737 versus the RTX 4060 Mobile’s 6,816, a 116.2% advantage.

Q: Is the NVIDIA GPU faster in any API?

A: Yes, the RTX 4060 Mobile leads in Geekbench Vulkan by 34.5% (89,569 vs. 58,705), despite the AMD card having higher FP32 throughput.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference?

A: The RX 9070 has 644.6 GB/s bandwidth with a 256-bit bus and 16 GB of GDDR6, while the RTX 4060 Mobile has 256.0 GB/s with a 128-bit bus and 8 GB of GDDR6.

Q: How close is the average benchmark score?

A: The RX 9070 averages 23,877 across all tests, while the RTX 4060 Mobile averages 22,729 — a difference of about 5.1%.

Q: What is the TDP comparison?

A: The RX 9070 has a 220 W TDP and requires dual-slot cooling with two 8-pin connectors; the RTX 4060 Mobile has a 115 W TDP and is an IGP with no power connectors.

The Verdict

The data presents a clear but nuanced picture. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is the faster card in nearly every measurable way: it wins 8 of 9 head-to-head tests, doubles the compute score, and leads by large margins in DirectX 9, 10, and 11. Its 36.13 TFLOPS FP32 versus 11.61 TFLOPS, 16 GB versus 8 GB memory, and 644.6 GB/s versus 256.0 GB/s bandwidth make it the obvious choice for raw performance, especially in compute-heavy workloads or older DirectX titles. The 116.2% lead in Passmark GPU Compute and 79% lead in DirectX 11 are decisive.

However, the RTX 4060 Mobile is not without merit. Its 34.5% win in Geekbench Vulkan is substantial and could be a deciding factor for users who rely heavily on Vulkan-based applications. The NVIDIA card also has tensor cores (96 of them) that the AMD card lacks entirely, which may matter for AI or machine-learning tasks that leverage those cores. Additionally, the RTX 4060 Mobile is a mobile IGP with a 115 W TDP versus the RX 9070’s 220 W desktop part — the NVIDIA solution is designed for portable devices, while the AMD card requires a full desktop slot, two 8-pin connectors, and a 550 W PSU.

For a desktop user seeking maximum performance across most benchmarks, the RX 9070 is the data-backed winner. Its average score is higher, its percentile ranking is higher (69th vs. 67th), and it wins the most critical tests. For a mobile or low-power scenario where Vulkan performance matters, the RTX 4060 Mobile has a specific, demonstrable advantage. But the overall benchmark evidence favors the AMD card in almost every category that matters for general-purpose graphics and compute.