Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 55 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 81.53 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 22.41 | no data |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GB206 | Navi 44 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 April 2025 (less than a year ago) | 4 June 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | $349 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 4608 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 2407 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2572 MHz | 3130 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 21,900 million | 29,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | 160 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 370.4 | 400.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 23.7 TFLOPS | 25.64 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 144 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 36 | 32 |
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 5.0 x8 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 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 type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 322.3 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 April 2025 | 4 June 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | 160 Watt |
RX 9060 XT 16 GB has an age advantage of 1 month, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 12.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB and Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
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