- AMD has formally unveiled the RX 9060 XT graphics card
- It is available in 8GB and 16GB variations priced at $299 and $349
- That pricing, and a peppy spec, outguns Nvidia’s rival RTX 5060 Ti
AMD has revealed its newest RDNA 4 graphics card over at Computex 2025, with the RX 9060 XT coming in each 8GB and 16GB flavors, as has been rumored for some time now.
The RX 9060 XT has 32 compute models (CUs) – in comparison with 56 CUs within the RX 9070 – as we additionally heard by way of the grapevine, and in reality, the rumor mill was fairly spot on concerning the specs right here.
The primary piece of key information we have been missing was the worth, and we now have that: the 8GB mannequin will promote at $299, and if you need the 16GB model of this graphics card, that’ll run to $349.
Different specs embrace the 9060 XT utilizing GDDR6 VRAM and having a lift clock of three.1GHz, with a TDP of 180W.
AMD offered some early efficiency teasers, and apparently, the RX 9060 XT goes to edge out Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti in gaming when not utilizing body era.
As VideoCardz studies, AMD tell us that the brand new graphics card will go on sale come June 5 (which was once more predicted by way of rumors).
Evaluation: A worth-packed GPU with lots of promise
AMD’s benchmarks have to be taken with some warning – as with all advertising and marketing supplies, some cherry-picking will be concerned – however the RX 9060 XT is wanting sharp going by this testing. It’s proven as 6% quicker than the RTX 5060 Ti in a set of 40 video games at 1440p decision with ‘ultra’ graphics particulars.
Coupled with that aggressive pricing, the RX 9060 XT is a really welcome addition to the lower-mid-range of the GPU market. Certainly, AMD additionally confirmed a presentation slide declaring that the RX 9060 XT provides patrons 15% extra performance-per-dollar than the RTX 5060 Ti (working with that very same battery of exams over 40 video games).
I ought to observe that AMD is evaluating the 8GB model of Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti to the 16GB taste of the 9060 XT, which does forged one thing of a distinct mild on these efficiency metrics – however the relative pricing nonetheless appears to be like good worth from Group Pink right here.
It’s additionally value taking into consideration that in the event you do go together with the 9060 XT 8GB, this makes use of the total complement of PCIe lanes, whereas that’s lower in half with the 5060 Ti 8GB – and that may be essential for older PCs that don’t have PCIe 5.0. Primarily as a result of (last-gen) PCIe 4.0 proves a bottleneck on the bandwidth obtainable to the GPU with solely half of these lanes energetic (however not with the total set of 16 lanes, as per AMD’s design alternative).
So, that’s one other win for AMD, and it has a robust providing on the desk with the RX 9060 XT. The remaining query is, with no reference boards from Group Pink, and the corporate relying solely on third-party graphics card makers, are we going to see the MSRP adhered to? Or, if the RX 9060 XT fashions prove in style, will pricing be inflated by these board-making companions?
A whole lot of the reply to that could be tied up in inventory ranges, which is one other variable right here: how strong will preliminary provide ranges be? The excellent news is that rumor has it that AMD received’t depart us within the lurch for inventory, and far of the hypothesis round these new RDNA 4 fashions has proved appropriate, so hopefully that assertion will pan out, too.
We received’t know for a few weeks but, although, and actual pricing on the cabinets, versus goal MSRPs set by AMD, will nonetheless be a essential a part of the equation right here with the preliminary launch of the RX 9060 XT.
