Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB vs 8050S
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 128 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Strix Point | Navi 44 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2025 (recently) | 4 June 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $349 |
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 | 2048 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 1295 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2335 MHz | 3130 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 29,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 160 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 298.9 | 400.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.564 TFLOPS | 25.64 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | 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 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 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 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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