The RTX 4060 Ti is probably the performance hurdle that AMD and Intel want to overcome with their new graphics cards.
Around the turn of the year, things get exciting on the GPU market: Nvidia, AMD and Intel, all three graphics card manufacturers are planning the launch of their new generation.
So far, leaks have primarily dealt with the pure technical data sheet for the AMD and Intel graphics cards. New information from the leaker “Golden Pig Upgrade” on the Chinese platform Weibo now at least gives an indication of where individual models from the two manufacturers rank in comparison to the Nvidia portfolio.
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As a result, both the Intel Arc B580 and AMD's Navi 44 chip should be able to beat the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti – although only synthetic benchmarks are explicitly mentioned.
Navi 44 most likely means the RX 8600 and the associated XT model, i.e. the lowest model of the RDNA 4 generation.
- It is also unclear whether the RTX 4060 Ti being compared is the 8 or 16 GB version. The two Nvidia GPUs are identical at least in terms of clock speed (2,310 MHz base; 2,535 MHz boost), the 128-bit memory interface and the PCI-Express 4.0 connection.
- There are slight differences in the TDP between 160 and 165 watts depending on the memory, while the RRP of the two graphics cards at the time of release was 439 dollars (8 GB model) and 549 dollars (16 GB model).
A look at the current status of the rumors surrounding the AMD Radeon RX 8600 (XT) and Intel Arc B580 shows us whether this leak is realistic:
| AMD Radeon RX 8600 (XT) | Intel Arc B580 | Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU-Chip | Navi 44 (XT) | BGM-G21 2.560 FP32-ALUs 2.850 MHz Boosttakt |
PG190 4.352 FP32-ALUs 2.535 MHz Boosttakt |
| memory | 12 GB GDDR6 192-Bit 19 Gbps |
12 GB GDDR6 192-Bit 19 Gbps |
8/16 GB GDDR6 128-Bit 18 Gbps |
| Preis | tba | 250 US-Dollar | 439/549 Euro |
At least at Intel the picture is emerging that the Arc B580 can certainly beat the performance of the RTX 4060 Ti with 8 GB. It remains questionable whether driver problems like those at the launch of the Alchemist series will put a damper on gaming ambitions at this point.
When it comes to AMD's entry-level models, there is too little information to make any halfway understandable assessments.
- In view of this, we refer to the RX 7600 XT as our direct predecessor: In our test, it was still able to compete with the regular RTX 4060, but it also had 16 GB of RAM.
- Since it can be assumed that there will be at least a small technical leap between the generations, an RX 8600 XT as a “better RTX 4060 Ti” is also within the realm of possibility.
However, Nvidia will not remain idle either and will announce an RTX 5060 (Ti), with which it also wants to compete in the entry-level segment targeted by AMD and Intel. How this duel will end is still completely open.
