Great news for PC gamers on a budget! After weeks of leaks and rumors, AMD has officially confirmed the Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card. This new GPU, based on the RDNA 4 architecture, is designed to be AMD’s most affordable RDNA 4 offering to date, aiming to deliver strong 1440p gaming performance.
Here’s what we know:
- Official Unveiling: The RX 9060 XT was unveiled at Computex 2025.
- Launch Date: It is set to be available worldwide starting June 5, 2025.
- Pricing:
- 8GB VRAM version: $299 USD
- 16GB VRAM version: $349 USD
- Key Specifications:
- GPU: Navi 44 (built on a 4nm process node)
- Compute Units (CUs): 32 (equating to 2,048 stream processors)
- Boost Clock: Up to 3.13 GHz
- VRAM: 8GB or 16GB GDDR6 (128-bit memory bus)
- Infinity Cache: 32MB
- Total Board Power (TBP): 150W (8GB) / 160W (16GB)
- PCIe Interface: PCIe 5.0 x16
- Display Connectivity: DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b
- AI Accelerators: 64, providing up to 821 peak AI TOPS (INT4)
- Ray Tracing Accelerators: 32, doubling throughput compared to the previous generation.
- Performance Claims: AMD claims the 16GB RX 9060 XT will offer greater performance than Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, specifically stating it’s about 6% faster on average across 40 games at 1440p with “ultra” graphics settings. They also highlight a 15% performance-per-dollar advantage.
- Features: The card fully supports AMD’s latest technologies, including FSR 4 ML-enhanced upscaling, HYPR-RX, and Fluid Motion Frames.
- Availability: There will be no AMD first-party (reference) designs. Instead, the RX 9060 XT will be available through various board partners, including Acer, ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire, Vastarmor, XFX, and Yeston.
This aggressive pricing and 16GB VRAM option positions the RX 9060 XT as a strong contender in the lower-mid-range GPU market, particularly against Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti.
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