AMD has just quietly launched its Radeon RX 9060 GPU. Similarly, AMD has officially launched the Radeon RX 7400 graphics card with just 43W TBP without any event, and that too only for OEM partners. Just like you will get to see this graphics card in Dell’s prebuilt PC, similarly, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 will only be seen in the prebuilt gaming PCs of OEM partners.
But was there any need for the RX 9060 when the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is available? Let’s find out.
You get more performance in the 8 GB variant of the RX 9060 XT than the Nvidia RTX 5060 8 GB, and currently you can get the RX 9060 XT 8 GB for the price of the RTX 5060 8 GB, which is probably why AMD has released the RX 9060, but that too is for prebuilt PCs manufactured by OEM partners.
Let’s see what difference you are going to see between the RX 9060 XT and the RX 9060:
Well, the 8GB variant of the RX 9060 XT lags behind the 16GB variant, so the RX 9060 8GB variant is of no use to a custom PC builder. This new RX 9060 GPU will prove to be good for gamers who are happy with a pre-built PC. Well, this new AMD Radeon RX 9060 GPU will compete with Nvidia’s RTX 5050, but as seen, this GPU competes with the RTX 5060.
AMD Radeon RX 9060 Core:
If we talk about the on-paper specs, then if we look at the architecture, then it is going to be Navi 44. You get a total of 28 compute units in the RX 9060 (non-XT), whereas you get a total of 33 compute units in the RX 9060 XT. If we talk about the Steam processor, then you get 1792 shaders, whereas you get a total of 2048 shader units in the RX 9060 XT. If we look at the boosted clock speed, then the RX 9060 (non-XT) goes up to 3 GHz, whereas the RX 9060 XT can be boosted up to 3.13 GHz, i.e., it is almost around that.
AMD Radeon RX 9060 Memory:
Now coming to the video memory, In the RX 9060 (non-XT), you get 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM with a 128-bit interface, giving a total bandwidth of 288 GB/s. In the RX 9060 XT, you get 8GB GDDR6 VRAM in the 8GB variant with the same 128-bit interface, giving a total bandwidth of 320 GB/s. If you are gaming at 1080p on both the GPUs, then the RX 9060 (non-XT) will be able to output 5% fewer FPS. This means you won’t see much difference.
AMD Radeon RX 9060 power draw:
The AMD Radeon RX 9060 (non-XT) consumes around 132 W TDP at 8 GB peak, and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB consumes around 150 W TDP at peak.
AMD Radeon RX 9060 Benchmark:
Now talking about the AMD Radeon RX 9060 (non-XT) variant, you will get to see it only in OEM prebuilt PCs. Compared to the AMD Radeon RX 9060 (non-XT), the Nvidia RTX 5050 performs approximately 20% less. Talking about RX 9060 XT, this graphics card
performs 6% better than the Nvidia RTX 5060. And the same Radeon RX 9060 (non-XT) GPU is 2% slower than the RTX 5060.
If we talk about game benchmarking, AMD has posted benchmarks of different games on its official site; all the games have been tested in native 1080p ultra settings.
| Assassin’s Creed Mirage | 108 FPS |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | 98 FPS |
| DOOM Eternal (RT) | 153 FPS |
| Dragon Age: The Veilguard | 67 FPS |
| Resident Evil 4 (RT) | 100 FPS |
| Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered | 106 FPS |
| God of War: Ragnarok | 120 FPS |
| F1 24 | 188 FPS |
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is a Better Option:
If we talk about the price, on Amazon.com, you can get the PowerColor Reaper AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB variant for just 269 USD. The same ASUS Dual Nvidia RTX 5060 is available for just 299 USD.
But if you look at it, AMD is probably utilizing its remaining low-yield chips of the RX 9060 XT, disabling the faulty core and selling the RX 9060 (non-XT) variant, and that too not to direct customers but to OEM partners.
ASRock has also launched the AMD Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB OC GPU with a dual fan and RGB strip, but the catch is that normal custom PC builders cannot purchase it because you will get this ASRock RX 9060 Challenger GPU only in prebuilt PCs.
