Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB vs Qualcomm Adreno 680
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 901 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 22.30 | no data |
| Architecture | no data | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | no data | Navi 44 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 December 2018 (6 years ago) | 4 June 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $299 |
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 | no data | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 3130 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 29,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 400.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 25.64 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 64 |
| TMUs | no data | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 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 | no data | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | no data | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 322.3 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | no data | 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 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 December 2018 | 4 June 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 150 Watt |
Qualcomm Adreno 680 has 2042.9% lower power consumption.
RX 9060 XT 8 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Qualcomm Adreno 680 and Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Qualcomm Adreno 680 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB is a desktop one.
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