Radeon RX 9060 XT LP vs 8060S
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 101 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 60.73 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Strix Halo | Navi 44 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (1 year ago) | 17 December 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 1295 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2900 MHz | 3050 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 29,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 464.0 | 390.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 14.85 TFLOPS | 24.99 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 160 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 40 | 32 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| L3 Cache | 64 MB | 32 MB |
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 |
| 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
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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
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 | 1.4 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 17 December 2025 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 140 Watt |
Radeon 8060S has 155% lower power consumption.
RX 9060 XT LP, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 8060S and Radeon RX 9060 XT LP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 8060S is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is a desktop one.
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