Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs RX 9060 XT 8 GB

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB and Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 9060 XT 8 GB
2025
8 GB GDDR6, 150 Watt
45.74

RX 9060 XT 16GB outperforms RX 9060 XT 8 GB by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9063
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation79.57no data
Power efficiency23.22no data
ArchitectureRDNA 4.0 (2025)RDNA 4 (2025)
GPU code nameNavi 44no data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 June 2025 (recently)2 January 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores20482048
Core clock speed1700 MHzno data
Boost clock speed3130 MHz2530 MHz
Number of transistors29,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Texture fill rate400.6no data
Floating-point processing power25.64 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data
Ray Tracing Cores32no 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).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2518 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth322.3 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1ano data
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.2no data
Vulkan1.3-

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD120−130
−15.8%
139
+15.8%
1440p55−60
−18.2%
65
+18.2%
4K35−40
−22.9%
43
+22.9%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.49no data
1440p5.44no data
4K8.54no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Fortnite 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 260−270
+0%
260−270
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Fortnite 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 260
+0%
260
+0%
Valorant 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 133
+0%
133
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 350−400
+0%
350−400
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
+0%
98
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85
+0%
85
+0%
Valorant 300−310
+0%
300−310
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

This is how RX 9060 XT 8 GB and RX 9060 XT 16GB compete in popular games:

  • RX 9060 XT 16GB is 16% faster in 1080p
  • RX 9060 XT 16GB is 18% faster in 1440p
  • RX 9060 XT 16GB is 23% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 54 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 45.74 50.59
Recency 4 June 2025 2 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB

RX 9060 XT 8 GB has an age advantage of 5 months.

RX 9060 XT 16GB, on the other hand, has a 10.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB in performance tests.

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