Gaming performance 1080p and 1440p:
We’ve decided to select six games that we feel are sufficiently representative. We opted for DirectX12 and Vulkan with the following games:
- The Division 2 (DirectX 12)
- Borderlands 3 (DirectX 12)
- Red Dead Redemption II (Vulkan)
- Far Cry 6 (DirectX 12)
- Watch Dogs: Legion (DirectX 12)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (DirectX12)
We’ve chosen to use the built-in benchmarks for these games.
Why do we do this? Quite simply to enable you to compare your results with ours if you also own a copy of one of these games. It’s a thought-provoking idea that will enable you to compare your results with ours.
As we mentioned on page 4 of this article, we have activated the Resizable Bar in the BIOS, which is now supported by all (recent) GPUs. Last but not least, we’ve opted for 1080p and 1440p resolution only, which is what you’d expect from these cards.
The Division 2:
The Division 2 will be tested under DirectX 12. As far as graphics parameters are concerned, they will be set to ” ultra ” mode, with vertical synchronization deactivated.
First game, and the trend seen in the synthetic benchmarks is confirmed: our ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4060 OC Edition is well ahead of the RTX 3060, and even ahead of the RX 7600. Note that this is one of the least power-hungry games in our panel. No difference in 1440p definition, where positions are still identical. It’s worth noting, however, that Intel ARCs are lagging behind.
Borderlands 3:
For the second game, we switch to Borderlands 3. Graphics options are set to ” Brutal “. It’s worth noting that Borderlands 3 is quite greedy and that this choice of settings has a fairly strong impact on FPS. It’s a game that’s often praised in announcements of new graphics cards, and precisely in this Brutal mode.
Performance here lags behind, and even if our ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4060 OC Edition performs 15% better than the RTX 3060, AMD’s RX 7600 is far ahead. The ARX A750 rivals and scores almost exactly the same as our sample of the day.
Red Dead Redemption 2:
The third and by no means least important game is Red Dead Redemption II on PC. The advantage of this opus is the possibility of testing the integrated Vulkan benchmark. We opt for the ” ultra ” graphics options.
Third and by no means least, RDR2 offers the possibility of testing the integrated Vulkan benchmark. Our three challengers of the day come within a whisker of each other in 1080p, which leaves some suspense for the other games.
Far Cry 6:
The latest game we’re adding to this section is Far Cry 6, since it supports DXR as well as AMD’s SFR. We’ll also look at it on the next page. For our benchmarks, we opted for ” ultra” graphics quality.
Even though our report on this game showed an advantage for the RX 6000 cards, our sample of the day performs just as well. In 1080p, it’s a number of FPS almost equivalent to the RTX 3060 Ti, and in 1440p, our RTX 4060 places between the two Intel cards and ahead of the RX 7600.
Watch Dogs Legion:
Last but not least, Watch Dogs Legion will also be used for our Ray Tracing tests. For our benchmarks, we have opted for ” very high” graphics quality.
In the Watch Dogs Legion benchmark, we are obliged to set the graphics quality to “very high” rather than “ultra”, as the benchmark then tells us that the 8 GB of memory is not enough. Once again, our RTX 4060 does very well, even if this benchmark is more to the advantage of the reds.
Cyberpunk 2077:
Here’s a game we’ve been wanting to add for a while, and now we’ve done it, with an integrated benchmark. We’ll also be using this game for our Ray Tracing tests. For our benchmarks, we’ve opted for “ultra” graphics quality.
New and final benchmark for this panel of games. The 80 FPS mark is reached at 1080p, and 51 FPS at 1440p with ultra graphics quality. For the rest of the graphics, we’re perfectly consistent with our previous results.
Game average:
For the gaming average, it’s the RTX 3060 that sets the benchmark in 1080p, while it’s the RTX 3070 in 1440p definition. Other cards score either higher or lower, depending on their performance against this model.
In 1080p, our RTX 4060 outperforms the previous-generation RTX 3060 by 23 ace overall. Against its AMD rival, the RX 7600, it lags slightly behind. As we’ve seen, depending on the game, it’s either the NVIDIA or the AMD card that takes the lead. Intel ARC cards lag behind in 1080p, but are more efficient in 1440p.
As far as our two RTX 4060s are concerned, the results are very close, with differences of up to a slight 4 in some benchmarks. How can this be explained, when the Gigabyte Boost frequency is 2475 MHz and the Asus 2670 MHz? Quite simply because, in reality, both reach a maximum Boost frequency of 2825 MHz, which means that their scores are very close. We expect the same results with the Asus Dual RTX 4060 model.
