Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs Arc 7 A780

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	46
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)	RDNA 4 (2025)
GPU code name	DG2-512	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	2022 (3 years ago)	2 January 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	2048
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz	2530 MHz
Number of transistors	21,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	563.2	no data
Floating-point processing power	18.02 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	128	no data
TMUs	256	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	17.5 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	559.6 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	no data
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

6 nm

4 nm

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