AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The recorded data splits the two mobile GPUs by workload type rather than by a single overall winner. AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT shows a stronger profile in compute-oriented and legacy DirectX tests, while NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 does not have benchmark entries in the database, so its wins cannot be quantified from the current dataset.

For the AMD part, the strongest result appears in Geekbench OpenCL, where it scores 74,869. That figure sits far above its own Vulkan score of 27,793, indicating that the RDNA 3.0 architecture delivers substantially higher raw compute throughput in OpenCL workloads than in Vulkan API paths. The PassMark suite tells a similar story: the GPU achieves 13,907 in G3D, 7,140 in GPU compute, and 894 in G2D, but its DirectX-specific scores are much lower, at 175 for DirectX 9, 137 for DirectX 11, 76 for DirectX 10, and 58 for DirectX 12.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test returns a score of 2,048, which aligns with the modest DirectX 12 PassMark result. This pattern suggests the RX 7600M XT is most effective in general-purpose compute and OpenCL-heavy tasks, while its DirectX 12 performance is comparatively restrained. The average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 12,710, placing it at the 52nd percentile of all GPUs in the database.

Against its nearest rivals, the RX 7600M XT sits within a tight cluster. It trails the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 by 0.9% and the AMD Radeon Pro 455 by 0.9%, while leading the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm by 0.7% and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 by 0.5%. These deltas are all within roughly one percentage point, so the AMD part effectively sits in a performance dead heat with that group, differentiated more by feature set than by raw score.

The RTX 4060 AD106 has no benchmark entries in the database and no nearest rivals listed, so its performance characteristics cannot be compared numerically. The data shows a percentile ranking of 50 and an average benchmark score of 0, which reflects missing measurements rather than actual performance parity with the RX 7600M XT.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and use different manufacturing processes. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT is built on RDNA 3.0, uses the Navi 33 chip with the codename Hotpink Bonefish, and belongs to the Navi Mobile generation of the RX 7000M series. It is fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC, with 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 65.2 million transistors per square millimeter.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 is an Ada Lovelace architecture part, using the AD106 chip and belonging to the GeForce 40 generation. It is fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 22,900 million transistors on a 188 mm² die, producing a transistor density of 121.8 million transistors per square millimeter. That density advantage comes from the smaller process node and the larger transistor count packed into a slightly smaller die.

Core counts differ significantly. The RX 7600M XT has 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, 64 raster operation pipelines, and 32 ray accelerators. It has no tensor cores. The RTX 4060 AD106 has 3,072 shading units, 96 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 24 RT cores, and 96 tensor cores. So NVIDIA's part has 50% more shading units but fewer TMUs and ROPs, plus a dedicated tensor core array that AMD's part lacks.

Clock behavior also differs. AMD lists a base clock of 1280 MHz, a boost clock of 2469 MHz, and a game clock of 2023 MHz. NVIDIA lists a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz, with no game clock specified. The AMD part has a higher boost clock by 9 MHz, but NVIDIA starts from a much higher base clock, 550 MHz above AMD's base.

Memory configurations are similar in capacity and type: both use 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus. The AMD part runs its memory at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective speed, producing 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA part runs at 2125 MHz with 17 Gbps effective speed, producing 272.0 GB/s. AMD holds a 16 GB/s bandwidth advantage.

The FP32 compute figures favor AMD in raw throughput: 20.23 TFLOPS versus 15.11 TFLOPS for NVIDIA. In FP16, AMD doubles its rate to 40.45 TFLOPS using a 2:1 ratio, while NVIDIA stays at 15.11 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio. Pixel fill rate favors AMD at 158.0 GPixel/s versus 118.1 GPixel/s, and texture fill rate also favors AMD at 316.0 GTexel/s versus 236.2 GTexel/s.

Power and physical design differ as well. AMD's TDP is 120 W with an integrated graphics processor form factor, no power connectors, and no suggested PSU. NVIDIA's TDP is 115 W with a dual-slot form factor, a single 12-pin power connector, and a 300 W suggested PSU. NVIDIA's bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8, while AMD uses PCIe 4.0 x16. Display outputs are portable-device dependent for AMD, while NVIDIA lists 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a.

Production status also splits the two: the RX 7600M XT is listed as Active, released on 2023-01-03, with a predecessor of Polaris Mobile. The RTX 4060 AD106 is listed as End-of-life, released on 2024-03-31, with a predecessor of GeForce 30 and a successor of GeForce 50.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher boost clock?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT has a boost clock of 2469 MHz, which is 9 MHz higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106's boost clock of 2460 MHz.

Q: How do the transistor counts compare?

A: The NVIDIA part has 22,900 million transistors on a 188 mm² die, while the AMD part has 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die. This gives NVIDIA a transistor density of 121.8 million per square millimeter versus AMD's 65.2 million per square millimeter.

Q: Are both GPUs limited to the same memory bus width?

A: Yes, both use a 128-bit bus with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. AMD achieves 288.0 GB/s bandwidth at 18 Gbps effective speed, while NVIDIA achieves 272.0 GB/s at 17 Gbps effective speed.

Q: What is the DirectX 12 support situation for each GPU?

A: Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). The AMD part scores 2,048 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 and 58 in PassMark DirectX 12, while the NVIDIA part has no recorded DirectX benchmarks in the database.

Q: Does the NVIDIA GPU have tensor cores?

A: Yes, the RTX 4060 AD106 includes 96 tensor cores. The RX 7600M XT has no tensor cores, listing them as null in the database.

Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 compute rating?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT delivers 20.23 TFLOPS FP32, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 delivers 15.11 TFLOPS FP32, a difference of 5.12 TFLOPS in AMD's favor.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 |

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

| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | Ada Lovelace |

| Process node | 6 nm | 5 nm |

| Transistors | 13,300 million | 22,900 million |

| Die size | 204 mm² | 188 mm² |

| Transistor density | 65.2M / mm² | 121.8M / mm² |

| Base clock | 1280 MHz | 1830 MHz |

| Boost clock | 2469 MHz | 2460 MHz |

| Game clock | 2023 MHz | Not specified |

| Memory clock | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | 2125 MHz, 17 Gbps effective |

| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 272.0 GB/s |

| Shading units | 2048 | 3072 |

| TMUs | 128 | 96 |

| ROPs | 64 | 48 |

| RT cores | 32 | 24 |

| Tensor cores | None | 96 |

| Pixel rate | 158.0 GPixel/s | 118.1 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 316.0 GTexel/s | 236.2 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 20.23 TFLOPS | 15.11 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 40.45 TFLOPS (2:1) | 15.11 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 120 W | 115 W |

| Slot width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Power connectors | None | 1x 12-pin |

| Suggested PSU | Not specified | 300 W |

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

| Display outputs | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |

| Production status | Active | End-of-life |

| Release date | 2023-01-03 | 2024-03-31 |

| Predecessor | Polaris Mobile | GeForce 30 |

| Successor | Not specified | GeForce 50 |

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains benchmark results for only one of the two GPUs, so a direct head-to-head comparison must rely on the AMD part's scores against its nearest rivals plus the specification differences that explain the expected performance split.

The RX 7600M XT's average benchmark score is 12,710. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670, averages 12,773, a delta of -0.5%, meaning the AMD part is slightly behind. The Tesla K20Xm averages 12,625, a delta of 0.7% in AMD's favor. The GTX 590 averages 12,830, a delta of -0.9%, and the Radeon Pro 455 averages 12,831, also a delta of -0.9%. The entire cluster spans only 206 points, so the RX 7600M XT sits in the middle of a very tight performance band.

The largest single benchmark win for the RX 7600M XT is in Geekbench OpenCL, where it scores 74,869. That is 2.7 times its own Vulkan score of 27,793 and roughly 5.4 times its PassMark G3D score of 13,907. The gap between OpenCL and Vulkan results indicates that the architecture's compute resources are heavily exposed in OpenCL paths but less so in Vulkan.

In the PassMark suite, the DirectX 9 score of 175 leads all other DirectX versions, followed by DirectX 11 at 137, DirectX 10 at 76, and DirectX 12 at 58. This ordering suggests older API paths extract relatively more performance from the hardware, while newer APIs show lower scores. The G2D score of 894 is the highest PassMark category, indicating strong 2D rasterization throughput.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2,048 is the only dedicated modern gaming workload in the record. Taken together with the PassMark DirectX 12 score of 58, the data indicates that DirectX 12 workloads are not the AMD part's strongest area, despite its higher raw FP32 and texture rates.

For the RTX 4060 AD106, the absence of benchmark entries means no delta percentages can be computed against the AMD part. The specification sheet, however, reveals where the NVIDIA part would likely compete. Its 3,072 shading units exceed AMD's 2,048 by exactly 1,024 units, and its 96 tensor cores provide dedicated AI acceleration that AMD lacks entirely. The higher base clock of 1830 MHz versus 1280 MHz suggests better sustained performance in lightly threaded or latency-bound scenarios, even though the boost clocks are nearly identical.

The FP32 gap is substantial: AMD delivers 20.23 TFLOPS versus NVIDIA's 15.11 TFLOPS, a 34% advantage. The pixel rate gap is similarly large, with AMD at 158.0 GPixel/s versus 118.1 GPixel/s, a 34% lead. Texture rate shows AMD at 316.0 GTexel/s versus 236.2 GTexel/s, a 34% advantage. These consistent margins trace back to AMD's higher shading unit count in raw throughput terms, despite NVIDIA having more total shading units, because AMD's clock behavior and RDNA 3.0 dual-issue FP16 support change the arithmetic.

Memory bandwidth favors AMD by 16 GB/s, a 5.9% margin, but both parts use the same 8 GB capacity and 128-bit bus, so capacity-limited workloads would behave identically. Power consumption is close, with AMD at 120 W and NVIDIA at 115 W, a 5 W difference.

The production status difference is notable: AMD's part is Active, while NVIDIA's is End-of-life. The NVIDIA part was released later, on 2024-03-31 versus AMD's 2023-01-03, but has already been succeeded by the GeForce 50 series. AMD's part has no successor listed and remains in production.

Given the missing NVIDIA benchmarks, the recorded data supports a clear statement: the RX 7600M XT's measured results place it in a narrow performance band around the 50th percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 4060 AD106's unmeasured status prevents any verified performance ranking. The architectural differences suggest divergent strengths, with AMD leading in compute throughput and NVIDIA leading in shading unit count and tensor core availability, but only the AMD scores are available for direct analysis.