Radeon 8040S vs RX 9060 XT 16 GB
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | 73 | not rated |
Place by popularity | 70 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 81.15 | no data |
Power efficiency | 22.94 | no data |
Architecture | RDNA 4.0 (2025) | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) |
GPU code name | Navi 44 | no data |
Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
Release date | 4 June 2025 (less than a year ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 16 |
Core clock speed | 1700 MHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 3130 MHz | 2800 MHz |
Number of transistors | 29,700 million | no data |
Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | no data |
Power consumption (TDP) | 160 Watt | no data |
Texture fill rate | 400.6 | no data |
Floating-point processing power | 25.64 TFLOPS | no data |
ROPs | 64 | no data |
TMUs | 128 | no data |
Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | 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 5.0 x16 | no data |
Length | 267 mm | no data |
Width | 2-slot | no data |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR6 | no data |
Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | no data |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
Memory clock speed | 2518 MHz | no data |
Memory bandwidth | 322.3 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 | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a | no data |
HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | no data |
Shader Model | 6.8 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
OpenCL | 2.2 | no data |
Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 4 June 2025 | 6 January 2025 |
RX 9060 XT 16 GB has an age advantage of 4 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB and Radeon 8040S. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is a desktop graphics card while Radeon 8040S is a notebook one.
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