GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile vs Radeon RX 590 GME
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 74 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 52 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 27.27 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 20 | AD107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 March 2020 (4 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 1257 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1420 MHz | 1890 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 204.5 | 181.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.543 TFLOPS | 11.61 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | 96 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 96 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 24 |
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 | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 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 | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 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 | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 March 2020 | 3 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 115 Watt |
RTX 4060 Mobile has an age advantage of 2 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 52.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 590 GME and GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 590 GME is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is a notebook one.
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