Radeon RX 8050S vs RX 9060

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Aggregate performance score

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

RX 9060
2025
8 GB GDDR6, 132 Watt
42.18
+19.1%

RX 9060 outperforms 8050S by a moderate 19% 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 ranking105163
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency24.88no data
ArchitectureRDNA 4.0 (2025−2026)no data
GPU code nameNavi 44no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 August 2025 (1 year ago)6 January 2025 (1 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 cores179232
Core clock speed1700 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2990 MHz2800 MHz
Number of transistors29,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)132 Wattno data
Texture fill rate334.9no data
Floating-point processing power21.43 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs112no data
Ray Tracing Cores28no data
L0 Cache448 KBno data
L2 Cache4 MBno data
L3 Cache32 MBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2518 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth322.3 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1ano data
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.2no data
Vulkan1.3-

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 HD110−12094
−14.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Atomic Heart 100−110 100−110
Counter-Strike 2 200−210 200−210
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85 80−85
Resident Evil 4 Remake 95−100 95−100

Full HD
Medium

Atomic Heart 100−110 100−110
Battlefield 5 120−130 120−130
Counter-Strike 2 200−210 200−210
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85 80−85
Far Cry 5 100 100
Fortnite 150−160 150−160
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 130−140
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150 140−150
Valorant 210−220 210−220

Full HD
High

Atomic Heart 100−110 100−110
Battlefield 5 120−130 120−130
Counter-Strike 2 200−210 200−210
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280 270−280
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85 80−85
Far Cry 5 96 96
Fortnite 150−160 150−160
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 130−140
Grand Theft Auto V 118 118
Metro Exodus 85−90 85−90
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150 140−150
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 156 156
Valorant 210−220 210−220

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 120−130 120−130
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85 80−85
Far Cry 5 85 85
Forza Horizon 4 130−140 130−140
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150 140−150
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 92 92

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 150−160 150−160

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 85−90 85−90
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 250−260 250−260
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75 70−75
Metro Exodus 50−55 50−55
Valorant 250−260 250−260

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 90−95 90−95
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45 40−45
Far Cry 5 85−90 85−90
Forza Horizon 4 100−105 100−105
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70 65−70

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 90−95 90−95

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 40−45 40−45
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80 75−80
Metro Exodus 30−35 30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60 55−60
Valorant 210−220 210−220

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 55−60 55−60
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20 18−20
Far Cry 5 45−50 45−50
Forza Horizon 4 65−70 65−70
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50 45−50

4K
Epic

Fortnite 45−50 45−50

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

  • RX 9060 is 17% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 55 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 42.18 35.42
Recency 5 August 2025 6 January 2025

RX 9060 has a 19% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 6 months.

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

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

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