Radeon RX 9060 XT LP vs RX 8050S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 8050S with Radeon RX 9060 XT LP, including specs and performance data.

RX 8050S
2025
35.49

9060 XT LP outperforms 8050S by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking163100
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.12
Architectureno dataRDNA 4.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 44
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2025 (1 year ago)17 December 2025 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores322048
Core clock speedno data1380 MHz
Boost clock speed2800 MHz3050 MHz
Number of transistorsno data29,700 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data140 Watt
Texture fill rateno data390.4
Floating-point processing powerno data24.99 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32
L0 Cacheno data512 KB
L2 Cacheno data4 MB
L3 Cacheno data32 MB

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2518 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data322.3 GB/s
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.4

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD94
−14.5%
110−120

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Atomic Heart 100−110 130−140
+21.5%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210 240−250
+20%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85 100−105
+20.5%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 95−100 110−120
+15.8%

Full HD
Medium

Atomic Heart 100−110 130−140
+21.5%
Battlefield 5 120−130 150−160
+19%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210 240−250
+20%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85 100−105
+20.5%
Far Cry 5 100 120−130
+20%
Fortnite 150−160 190−200
+20.3%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 170−180
+22.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150 170−180
+18.9%
Valorant 210−220 260−270
+18.7%

Full HD
High

Atomic Heart 100−110 130−140
+21.5%
Battlefield 5 120−130 150−160
+19%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210 240−250
+20%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 300−310
+7.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85 100−105
+20.5%
Far Cry 5 96 110−120
+14.6%
Fortnite 150−160 190−200
+20.3%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 170−180
+22.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 118 140−150
+18.6%
Metro Exodus 85−90 100−105
+17.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150 170−180
+18.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 156 190−200
+21.8%
Valorant 210−220 260−270
+18.7%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 120−130 150−160
+19%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85 100−105
+20.5%
Far Cry 5 85 100−105
+17.6%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 170−180
+22.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150 170−180
+18.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 92 110−120
+19.6%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 150−160 190−200
+20.3%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 85−90 100−105
+12.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 250−260 300−310
+19%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75 90−95
+21.6%
Metro Exodus 50−55 60−65
+15.4%
Valorant 250−260 300−310
+19%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 90−95 110−120
+17%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 50−55
+22%
Far Cry 5 85−90 100−105
+14.9%
Forza Horizon 4 100−105 120−130
+20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70 80−85
+19.4%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 90−95 110−120
+17%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 40−45 50−55
+22%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80 90−95
+16.9%
Metro Exodus 30−35 35−40
+9.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60 65−70
+14%
Valorant 210−220 260−270
+18.7%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 55−60 65−70
+14%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 21−24
+16.7%
Far Cry 5 45−50 55−60
+17%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 80−85
+19.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50 55−60
+19.6%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 45−50 55−60
+19.6%

This is how RX 8050S and RX 9060 XT LP compete in popular games:

  • RX 9060 XT LP is 17% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.49 43.47
Recency 6 January 2025 17 December 2025

RX 9060 XT LP has a 22% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 11 months.

The Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 8050S in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 8050S is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is a desktop one.

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