Nvidia RTX 4060 vs AMD RX 7600S: Which is the best laptop GPU?

The Nvidia RTX 4060 and AMD RX 7600S are two popular laptop GPUs in the budget mid-range category. Nvidia is dominating the notebook market with the full range of RTX graphics cards. On the contrary, AMD's video cards are largely absent in this market, even though they have been very competitive in the desktop market. That said, the company introduced its AMD Advantage laptops, which include the Radeon RX 7600S.

Can this AMD notebook graphics card beat the RTX 4060 and become the best laptop GPU for the budget market? That's exactly what we plan to find in this article.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and reflect the writer's opinions.

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Nvidia RTX 4060 vs AMD RX 7600S

Gigabyte G6 Gaming Laptop (Image via Gigabyte)

The Nvidia RTX 4060 is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture that brought a lot of improvements in performance and efficiency over its predecessor. On the other hand, the Radeon RX 7600S is designed on AMD's RDNA 3 graphics architecture that brought improved core clock speeds, memory clock speeds, ray tracing, and other architectural changes. Let's compare two GPUs in detail, starting with their specs.

Specs comparison

Here are the specs of the Nvidia RTX 4060 and AMD RX 7600S:

Specifications	Nvidia RTX 4060 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX 7600S
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 3
Shader cores	3072	1792
RT cores	24	28
TMUs	96	112
ROPs	48	64
Base clock speed	1545 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1890 MHz	2200 MHz
VRAM size	8 GB	8 GB
VRAM bus width	128-bit	128-bit
VRAM bandwidth	256 GB/s	256 GB/s
Manufacturing node	5nm	6nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	115W (Configurable)	75W

In terms of specs, the shader core count of the RTX card is much higher than AMD's GPU, but since they are based on two different architectures, we can't judge its performance that way.

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Performance comparison

Nvidia RTX 4060 vs AMD RX 7600S in God of War (Image via Hubwood/YouTube)

Let's put the specs away and look at the real-world gaming performance difference between the two GPUs. All the FPS numbers have been sourced from the Hubwood channel on YouTube.

Note: The two graphics cards were tested at 1080p resolution with high/ultra settings.

Games	Nvidia RTX 4060 (105W)	AMD Radeon RX 7600S (75W)
Cyberpunk 2077	76 FPS	74 FPS
A Plague Tale Requiem	63 FPS	59 FPS
Atomic Heart	96 FPS	86 FPS
Hogwarts Legacy	89 FPS	83 FPS
Horizon Zero Dawn	90 FPS	78 FPS
Microsoft Flight Simulator	49 FPS	37 FPS
God of War	59 FPS	68 FPS
Red Dead Redemption 2	82 FPS	80 FPS
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	97 FPS	88 FPS
Far Cry 6	108 FPS	97 FPS

As you can see, the RTX 4060 is 7.8% faster on average than the Radeon RX 7600S. The average performance difference between the two may not seem much, but the RTX card is significantly faster in a few particular games.

Interestingly, the opposite happens in God of War, and the Radeon RX 7600S manages to beat the Nvidia GPU. It indicates that the lower TDP is probably why the AMD video card loses in other games.

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Pricing and availability

ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Laptop (Image via ASUS)

In terms of pricing, the notebooks featuring AMD Radeon GPU tend to be priced lower than the RTX card. As for availability, there are a lot of laptops with the RTX 4060 graphics card, but notebooks featuring the Radeon card are limited in numbers. Only AMD Advantage laptops seem to include the AMD RX 7600S.

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Final verdict

The RTX 4060 is the best laptop GPU. It is only 7.8% faster than the Radeon graphics card. However, since the performance difference is not much, you can buy a notebook with either graphics chip. Choose the one that gives you the best deal.