GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs Radeon HD 8790M

Place in performance ranking	735	74
Place by popularity	not in top-100	63
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Mars XTX	GN21-X4
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	16 November 2012 (11 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	3072
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1545 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1890 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	21.60	181.4
Floating-point performance	0.6912 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 8790M 3.38

RTX 4060 Mobile 45.79
+1255%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 8790M 1305

RTX 4060 Mobile 17663
+1253%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD 8790M 9835

RTX 4060 Mobile 90275
+818%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD 8790M 2187

RTX 4060 Mobile 35704
+1533%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD 8790M 1727

RTX 4060 Mobile 26454
+1432%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD 8790M 12049

RTX 4060 Mobile 152642
+1167%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	31 −268%	114 +268%
1440p	4−5 −1425%	61 +1425%
4K	3−4 −1300%	42 +1300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−2000%

126
+2000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −790%	85−90 +790%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −6650%	135 +6650%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1829%	130−140 +1829%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −963%	85−90 +963%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1567%	100 +1567%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1186%	90−95 +1186%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −1056%	100−110 +1056%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −942%	190−200 +942%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1438%	123 +1438%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −621%	170−180 +621%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2540%	130−140 +2540%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1100%	95−100 +1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1100%	150−160 +1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −233%	130−140 +233%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −790%	85−90 +790%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −5600%	114 +5600%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1829%	130−140 +1829%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −963%	85−90 +963%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1317%	85 +1317%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1186%	90−95 +1186%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −1056%	100−110 +1056%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −942%	190−200 +942%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1363%	117 +1363%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −621%	170−180 +621%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2540%	130−140 +2540%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1100%	95−100 +1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1554%	215 +1554%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −480%	85−90 +480%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −233%	130−140 +233%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −790%	85−90 +790%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −4800%	98 +4800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −963%	85−90 +963%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1183%	77 +1183%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1186%	90−95 +1186%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −942%	190−200 +942%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1275%	110 +1275%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −621%	170−180 +621%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1323%	185 +1323%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −573%	101 +573%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −62.5%	65 +62.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−1100%

95−100
+1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −1267%	80−85 +1267%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −1180%	60−65 +1180%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1433%	45−50 +1433%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2400%	50−55 +2400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2350%	49 +2350%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1125%	45−50 +1125%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	230−240
Hitman 3	8−9 −588%	55−60 +588%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1063%	90−95 +1063%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −3700%	76 +3700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −852%	200−210 +852%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−943%

70−75
+943%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2050%	40−45 +2050%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	19
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1150%	24−27 +1150%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −5800%	55−60 +5800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −2400%	25 +2400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−850%

35−40
+850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	72 +0%	72 +0%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	127 +0%	127 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55 +0%	55 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how HD 8790M and RTX 4060 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4060 Mobile is 268% faster in 1080p
RTX 4060 Mobile is 1425% faster in 1440p
RTX 4060 Mobile is 1300% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4060 Mobile is 6650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4060 Mobile is ahead in 62 tests (89%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.38	45.79
Recency	16 November 2012	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

RTX 4060 Mobile has a 1254.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8790M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.