Radeon RX 9060 XT vs E8950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon E8950 with Radeon RX 9060 XT, including specs and performance data.

Radeon E8950
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 95 Watt
13.04

RX 9060 XT outperforms E8950 by a whopping 273% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking41075
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.2924.32
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code nameAmethystNavi 44
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 September 2015 (9 years ago)18 May 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 cores20482048
Core clock speed735 MHz2220 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz3230 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million53,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0413.4
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS26.46 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 5.0 x8
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2518 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s322.3 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.04 48.68
Recency 29 September 2015 18 May 2025
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 150 Watt

Radeon E8950 has 57.9% lower power consumption.

RX 9060 XT, on the other hand, has a 273.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 9060 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E8950 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 9060 XT is a desktop one.

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