Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile with Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB, including specs and performance data.

RTX 5080 Mobile
2025
16 GB GDDR7, 80 Watt
66.25
+35.5%

RTX 5080 Mobile outperforms RX 9060 XT 16GB by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2366
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency63.10no data
ArchitectureBlackwell 2.0 (2025)RDNA 4 (2025)
GPU code nameGB203no data
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 April 2025 (less than a year 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 cores76802048
Core clock speed975 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1500 MHz2530 MHz
Number of transistors45,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Texture fill rate360.0no data
Floating-point processing power23.04 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs240no data
Tensor Cores240no data
Ray Tracing Cores60no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR7GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth896.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory--
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API and SDK compatibility

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
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.4-
CUDA12.0-
DLSS+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 5080 Mobile 66.25
+35.5%
RX 9060 XT 16GB 48.91

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 5080 Mobile 48997
+31.9%
RX 9060 XT 16GB 37142

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 HD158
+13.7%
139
−13.7%
1440p108
+66.2%
65
−66.2%
4K79
+83.7%
43
−83.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 300−350
+16.5%
270−280
−16.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+36.8%
120−130
−36.8%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 200−210
+39.3%
150−160
−39.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 170−180
+15.5%
150−160
−15.5%
Counter-Strike 2 345
+26.8%
270−280
−26.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+36.8%
120−130
−36.8%
Far Cry 5 190−200
+23.8%
160−170
−23.8%
Fortnite 300−350
+33.6%
220−230
−33.6%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+35.9%
190−200
−35.9%
Forza Horizon 5 190−200
+26.8%
150−160
−26.8%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 350−400
+37.1%
280−290
−37.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 170−180
+15.5%
150−160
−15.5%
Counter-Strike 2 273
+0.4%
270−280
−0.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+36.8%
120−130
−36.8%
Far Cry 5 190−200
+23.8%
160−170
−23.8%
Fortnite 300−350
+33.6%
220−230
−33.6%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+35.9%
190−200
−35.9%
Forza Horizon 5 190−200
+26.8%
150−160
−26.8%
Grand Theft Auto V 175
+14.4%
150−160
−14.4%
Metro Exodus 170−180
+34.9%
120−130
−34.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 290−300
+13.8%
260
−13.8%
Valorant 350−400
+37.1%
280−290
−37.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 170−180
+15.5%
150−160
−15.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 170−180
+36.8%
120−130
−36.8%
Far Cry 5 190−200
+23.8%
160−170
−23.8%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+35.9%
190−200
−35.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 203
+52.6%
133
−52.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 300−350
+33.6%
220−230
−33.6%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 205
+41.4%
140−150
−41.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 500−550
+39.1%
350−400
−39.1%
Grand Theft Auto V 156
+43.1%
100−110
−43.1%
Metro Exodus 110−120
+44.4%
80−85
−44.4%
Valorant 450−500
+52%
300−350
−52%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 170−180
+37.3%
120−130
−37.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+46.3%
65−70
−46.3%
Far Cry 5 170−180
+34.9%
120−130
−34.9%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+46.3%
160−170
−46.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 160−170
+70.4%
98
−70.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 150−160
+4.9%
140−150
−4.9%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+42.4%
65−70
−42.4%
Grand Theft Auto V 178
+45.9%
120−130
−45.9%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+51%
50−55
−51%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+72.9%
85
−72.9%
Valorant 300−350
+10.3%
300−310
−10.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+48.8%
85−90
−48.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+54.8%
30−35
−54.8%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+48.7%
75−80
−48.7%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+66.4%
110−120
−66.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 95−100
+11.6%
85−90
−11.6%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 75−80
+5.3%
75−80
−5.3%

This is how RTX 5080 Mobile and RX 9060 XT 16GB compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5080 Mobile is 14% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5080 Mobile is 66% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5080 Mobile is 84% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5080 Mobile is 73% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 5080 Mobile is ahead in 50 tests (93%)
  • there's a draw in 4 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 66.25 48.91
Recency 2 April 2025 2 January 2025
Chip lithography 5 nm 4 nm

RTX 5080 Mobile has a 35.5% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 months.

RX 9060 XT 16GB, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile
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