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if you load it along the deep direction, as a joist in a house or deck, the 2 x 6 is stonger by the cube rastio of the long dimension. A 2 x 4 is 3.5 inches deep and a 2 x 6 is 5.5 inches deep, so the 2 x 6 is (5.5/3.5)^3 = 3.88 times stronger, or nearly 4 times stronger.

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