AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Navi 44
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GB206-300
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9060 XT with 32 pipelines and 2048 shaders against the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) that utilizes 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9060 XT
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
- Performs slightly better (up to 16%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Features 80 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 40% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 320 GB/s
- Achieves 38% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (148K vs 107K)
- Has 2.3x more shading units (4608 vs 2048)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 178 111 95 67 |
163 107 97 71 |
| The Witcher 3 | 166 148 106 57 |
178 150 111 61 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 266 189 133 71 |
266 198 140 80 |
| Far Cry 6 | 144 123 106 63 |
138 126 109 66 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 105 87 65 33 |
110 91 72 38 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 143 135 96 62 |
136 133 96 64 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 107 87 70 41 |
100 83 63 40 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 111 94 62 27 |
118 104 69 33 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 185 163 120 61 |
190 177 134 70 |
| 1080p High | 156 | 155 |
| 1080p Ultra | 126 | 130 |
| 1440p Ultra | 95 | 99 |
| 4K Ultra | 54 | 58 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 16348 | 16044 |
| Solar Bay | 65705 | 76027 |
| Port Royal | 9693 | 10283 |
| Fire Strike | 38876 | 42482 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 27791 | 30335 |
| Night Raid | 147165 | 150051 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 269.5 img/sec | 243.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 151 img/sec | 149.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.6 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 4.67 Gpixels/sec | 6.88 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 5.27 Gpixels/sec | 7.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.08 Gpixels/sec | 1.57 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 395.3 Gpixels/sec | 740.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 13165.7 FPS | 22183.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1166 | 1204 |
| DirectX 11 | 185 FPS | 218 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 58 FPS | 89 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11246 Ops/s | 11237 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 9060 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-23 -> Aquiyoshi | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 102797 |
| 📘 2026-07-23 -> Aquiyoshi | Steel Nomad Light | 14313 |
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia) | Steel Nomad Light | 17892 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 12380 | 10281 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 15402 | 29909 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 32024 | 26549 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 50457 | 59010 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 113796 | 117200 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4460 | 3993 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 7481 | 6647 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 11256 | 12742 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 53978 | 44856 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 235750 | 175892 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9060 XT and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)General
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | June 4, 2025 | April 15, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | $429 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 44 | GB206-300 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (38th and 33rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1700 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 3130 MHz | 2572 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 4608 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 128 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 32 | 36 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | 144 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 32 | 36 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 200 GPixel/s | 123 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 401 GTexel/s | 370 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| TGP | 160 W | 180 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 199 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 29.7 billion | 21.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 149.25 MTr/mm² | 120.99 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 110°C | 87°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20100 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | 2.1b |
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