Radeon RX 9060 XT LP vs RX 8060S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 8060S with Radeon RX 9060 XT LP, including specs and performance data.

RX 8060S
2025
39.38

9060 XT LP outperforms 8060S by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12891
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data25.33
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2025−2026)RDNA 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 cores402048
Core clock speedno data1380 MHz
Boost clock speed2900 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 HD103110−120
+6.8%
1440p5155−60
+7.8%
4K3540−45
+14.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Atomic Heart 120−130 130−140
+7.4%
Counter-Strike 2 220−230 250−260
+13.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95 100−105
+6.4%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 100−110 120−130
+10.1%

Full HD
Medium

Atomic Heart 120−130 130−140
+7.4%
Battlefield 5 130−140 150−160
+11.1%
Counter-Strike 2 215 240−250
+11.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95 100−105
+6.4%
Far Cry 5 96 110−120
+14.6%
Fortnite 170−180 200−210
+15.6%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160 170−180
+10.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160 180−190
+14.6%
Valorant 230−240 270−280
+13.4%

Full HD
High

Atomic Heart 120−130 130−140
+7.4%
Battlefield 5 130−140 150−160
+11.1%
Counter-Strike 2 109 120−130
+10.1%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 300−310
+7.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95 100−105
+6.4%
Far Cry 5 95 100−105
+5.3%
Fortnite 170−180 200−210
+15.6%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160 170−180
+10.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 127 140−150
+10.2%
Metro Exodus 95−100 110−120
+14.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160 180−190
+14.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150 160−170
+9.6%
Valorant 230−240 270−280
+13.4%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140 150−160
+11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 90−95 100−105
+6.4%
Far Cry 5 92 100−105
+8.7%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160 170−180
+10.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160 180−190
+14.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 101 110−120
+8.9%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 170−180 200−210
+15.6%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 71 80−85
+12.7%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 280−290 300−310
+6.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 70 80−85
+14.3%
Metro Exodus 55−60 65−70
+10.2%
Valorant 270−280 300−310
+10.3%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−110 110−120
+7.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50 50−55
+6.4%
Far Cry 5 95−100 110−120
+12.2%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120 130−140
+13%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80 90−95
+15.4%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 100−110 120−130
+12.1%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 36 40−45
+11.1%
Grand Theft Auto V 76 85−90
+11.8%
Metro Exodus 35−40 40−45
+8.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70 75−80
+15.4%
Valorant 240−250 280−290
+13.8%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 60−65 70−75
+9.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24 24−27
+9.1%
Far Cry 5 50−55 60−65
+11.1%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 85−90
+10.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60 60−65
+9.1%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 50−55 60−65
+13.2%

This is how RX 8060S and RX 9060 XT LP compete in popular games:

  • RX 9060 XT LP is 7% faster in 1080p
  • RX 9060 XT LP is 8% faster in 1440p
  • RX 9060 XT LP is 14% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 39.38 45.56
Recency 6 January 2025 17 December 2025

RX 9060 XT LP has a 16% 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 8060S in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 8060S is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is a desktop one.

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RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
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RX 550 550
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Radeon 610 610

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