GeForce RTX 4060 vs Switch GPU 16nm

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated51
Place by popularitynot in top-1002
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data100.00
Power efficiencyno data30.71
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM20BAD107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 August 2019 (5 years ago)18 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2563072
Core clock speed384 MHz1830 MHz
Boost clock speed768 MHz2460 MHz
Number of transistors2,000 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate12.29236.2
Floating-point processing power0.3932 TFLOPS15.11 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs1696
Tensor Coresno data96
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x8
Length239 mm240 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz2125 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s272.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.11.3
CUDA5.38.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2019 18 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 115 Watt

Switch GPU 16nm has 666.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4060, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Switch GPU 16nm and GeForce RTX 4060. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Switch GPU 16nm
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