At Computex 2025, AMD debuted its 9060 XT GPU. The midrange GPU will be Nvidia’s 5060 Ti’s direct rival, competing with it on nearly every spec. The 9060 XT, which is based on AMD’s 4-nanometer RDNA 4 silicon, will have 32 compute units, 64 specialized AI accelerators, and 32 ray-tracing cores.

Notably, Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti uses faster 28 Gb/s GDDR7, providing about 40% greater bandwidth on the same 128-bit bus, while the RX 9060 XT will come with 8GB and 16GB GDDR6 models. Before making any firm judgments based on those specifications, we will need to wait until we have some side-by-side performance assessments.

AMD debuted the Radeon RX 9060 XT, a mid-range GPU intended to compete with Nvidia’s RTX 5060 series, at Computex 2025. The RX 9060 XT is priced at $299 for the 8GB model and $349 for the 16GB model, with the goal of providing excellent gaming performance at a more affordable price. 

Technical Requirements

According to its specifications, the RX 9060 XT should perform well in games that run at 1080p and 1440p. According to AMD, the 16GB model performs about 6% better in 1440p games across 40 tested titles than Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti.

  •  Navi 44’s architecture (RDNA 4)
  •  32 Compute Units
  •  Clock of Boost: 3.13 GHz
  •  VRAM: GDDR6 8GB or 16GB
  •  128-bit memory bus
  •  TDP: 150–182W
  •  Display Outputs: HDMI 2.1b and DisplayPort 2.1a

Positioning in the Market

The RX 9060 XT, which is less expensive than Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti, is a strong value option for gamers looking for excellent performance without breaking the bank. The RTX 5060, which Nvidia just released, was criticized for having limited review access and inconsistent performance, especially at larger resolutions and with the Multicolor Frame Generation (MFG) capability.

AMD’s action is, therefore, kind of a smart move. The RX 9060 XT appears to be a far more powerful card on paper, and for just fifty dollars more, you can have it with twice as much storage space for video for those more demanding games. There is no denying that the GPU battles have never been more intense than they are at the moment. Naturally, that is assuming the manufacturers of these GPUs are able to maintain the MSRP. Crossing our fingers is our only option in that situation.

Cooler operation and more memory

Although it is a step towards AMD’s RX 9070, the RX 9060 XT still has good specifications. The new GPU, which is based on the same RDNA 4 architecture, has 32 compute units instead of the RX 9070’s 56. It is made to provide good gameplay at 1440p, which happens to be the ideal resolution for a lot of contemporary games.

Depending on the version, the GPU draws between 150W and 182W of power while operating at a 3.13GHz boost frequency. In comparison to the RX 9070 XT, which needs 304W, this is a discernible decrease. In order to prepare the RX 9060 XT for future display configurations, AMD also added support for DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b.