AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB GPU Benchmarks Leak: Slower Than RX 7700 XT In Vulkan & OpenCL Tests

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT "RDNA 4" GPU benchmarks have appeared for the first time in the Geekbench database, and show slower performance than the RX 7700 XT, an RDNA 3-based graphics card.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU With 16 GB VRAM Tested In Geekbench Benchmarks, RDNA 4 Vs RDNA 3

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is going to be the mainstream gaming offering within the RDNA 4 lineup. The graphics card will come in two flavors: a 16 GB model, which will be priced at $349 US, and an 8 GB model, which is going to be priced at $299 US. The 16 GB model has now been tested within the Geekbench benchmark, but before getting into the numbers, let's talk a bit about the specifications the card has on offer.

With the Radeon RX 9060 XT, AMD is leveraging the TSMC 4nm process technology and dialing up the clock speeds to 11. The chip features a boost clock of up to 3.13 GHz, making it the first GPU to have such a high frequency out of the box. We can expect custom models to operate around 3.2-3.3 GHz. The GPU also features a TBP of 150 to 182W, which is respective to the VRAM featured on each SKU.

That's also why we have to talk about the memory solution used by the RX 9060 XT. The graphics card will come in both 8 GB and 16 GB variants. The card will feature a 128-bit bus interface and a 20 Gbps GDDR6 memory solution. The card feels very similar to the RTX 5060 Ti regarding its memory configuration, but the competition is leveraging faster GDDR7 memory. It was rumored that AMD might cancel the 8 GB variant in response to the poor reception of NVIDIA's 8 GB 5060 Ti and 5060, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Starting with the OpenCL benchmark score, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB graphics card scored 109315 points, which is 31% faster than the RX 7600 XT 16 GB but 14% slower than the RX 7700 XT.

We see the same scenario in the Vulkan tests, where the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT sits at 25% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB graphics card, but ends up 12% slower than the RX 7700 XT, and that's a very similarly priced solution in the current market.

The system used for testing doesn't seem to be a bottleneck, as it uses an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU with 32 GB of DDR5-8000 memory, while the GPU posted a maximum frequency of 2787 MHz, which is lower than the 3 GHz+ boost frequency that the chip is meant to operate at. With that said, we expect the Radeon RX 9060 XT to be at least as fast as the 7700 XT if not faster in gaming work-loads, so better to wait for official benchmarks early next month.

Officially, AMD has touted the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB GPU to be an RTX 5060 Ti competitor while offering a lower price point than even the competitor's 8 GB variant.

AMD Radeon RX 9000 "RDNA 4" GPU Specs:

GPU	Radeon RX 9070 XT	Radeon RX 9070	Radeon RX 9070 GRE 16 GB	Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB	Radeon RX 9060 XT	Radeon RX 9060	Radeon RX 9050?
Architecture	RDNA 4	RDNA 4	RDNA 4	RDNA 4	RDNA 4	RDNA 4	RDNA 4
GPU SKU	Navi 48	Navi 48	Navi 48	Navi 48	Navi 44	Navi 44	Navi 44
Process Node	TSMC 4nm	TSMC 4nm	TSMC 4nm	TSMC 4nm	TSMC 4nm	TSMC 4nm	TSMC 4nm
Transistor Count	53.9 Billion	53.9 Billion	53.9 Billion	53.9 Billion	29.7 Billion	29.7 Billion	29.7 Billion
Die Size	357mm2	357mm2	357mm2	357mm2	199mm2	199mm2	TBD
Compute Units	64	56	TBD	48	32	28	TBD
Ray Accelerators	64	56	TBD	48	32	28	TBD
AI Accelerators	128	112	TBD	96	64	56	TBD
Stream Processors	4096	3584	TBD	3072	2048	1792	TBD
Game Clock	2400 MHz	2070 MHz	TBD	2220 MHz	2530 MHz	TBD	TBD
Boost Clock	2970 MHz	2540 MHz	TBD	2790 MHz	3130 MHz	2990 MHz	TBD
Peak FP32	48.7 TFLOPs	36.1 TFLOPs	TBD	34.3 TFLOPs	25.6 TFLOPs	21.4 TFLOPS	TBD
Peak FP16	97.3 TFLOPs	72.3 TFLOPs	TBD	68.6 TFLOPs	51.3 TFLOPs	42.9 TFLOPS	TBD
Peak INT8	779 TOPS (Sparsity)	578 TOPS (Sparsity)	TBD	549 TOPS (Sparsity)	410 TOPS (Sparsity)	343 TOPS	TBD
Peak INT4	1557 TOPS (Sparsity)	1156 TOPS (Sparsity)	TBD	1097 TOPS (Sparsity)	821 TOPS (Sparsity)	686 TOPS	TBD
ROPS	128	128	TBD	96	64	64	TBD
Infinity Cache	64 MB	64 MB	64 MB?	48 MB	32 MB	32 MB	TBD
Memory	16 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6	8/16 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6	TBD
Memory Speed	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	18 Gbps?	18 Gbps	20 Gbps	18 Gbps	TBD
Bus Interface	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit	128-bit	128-bit	TBD
PCIe Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16	TBD
TBP	304W	220W	TBD	220W	150-182W	TBD	TBD
Price	$599 US	$549 US	TBD	4199 RMB	$299/$349 US	TBD	TBD
Launch	6th March, 2025	6th March, 2025	Sep-Oct 2025	8th May, 2025	2025	TBD	TBD

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