Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs PG506-217

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	43
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2025)	RDNA 4 (2025)
GPU code name	GA100	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	12 April 2021 (4 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	3584	2048
Core clock speed	930 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	2530 MHz
Number of transistors	54,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	322.6	no data
Floating-point processing power	10.32 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	96	no data
TMUs	224	no data
Tensor Cores	224	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
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	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	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	3072 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	933.1 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

No outputs

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API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	N/A	no data
Shader Model	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	8.0	-
DLSS	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 April 2021	2 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	4 nm

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