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Introduction
Before June this year, when it came to the most cost-effective entry-level graphics card, the undisputed choice was the GeForce RTX 4060. However, with the release of the GeForce RTX 5060 and Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB, the situation has changed drastically.
This article compares the gaming performance of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB and the GeForce RTX 4060 to evaluate the performance gap between the two and whether the GeForce RTX 4060 is still worth buying. Interested readers may refer to this comparison.
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Specification Comparison
The Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB was released on June 4, 2025. It uses the Navi 44 GPU, manufactured with TSMC’s 4nm process, based on the RDNA 4 architecture. It features 2048 shaders, 128 texture units, 64 raster units, 32 compute units, and 32 ray tracing units.
It has 4MB of L2 cache and 32MB of L3 cache. The base clock speed is 1700MHz, with a boost clock up to 3130MHz. It has a 128-bit memory interface and comes with either 8GB or 16GB of GDDR6 memory. The memory speed is 20.1Gbps, providing a bandwidth of 322.3GB/s. Power consumption is 160W. The 8GB version is priced at $299, while the 16GB version costs $349.
The GeForce RTX 4060 was released on June 29, 2023. It uses the AD107 GPU, based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and manufactured using TSMC’s 5nm process. It features 3072 CUDA cores, 96 texture units, 32 raster units, 24 streaming multiprocessors, 96 tensor cores, and 24 ray tracing cores. It also includes 24MB of L2 cache.
The base clock speed is 1830MHz, with a boost clock up to 2460MHz. It has 8GB of GDDR6 memory with a memory speed of 17Gbps and a 128-bit interface, providing a memory bandwidth of 272.0GB/s. Its FP32 performance is 15.11 TFLOPS, and it has a power consumption of 115W. The suggested retail price is $299.
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Test Platform Configuration
The main configuration is as follows:
The processor is a Core i5-12400F, the motherboard is an MSI B760M Bomber WiFi, with 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory. The graphics cards tested are the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB and the GeForce RTX 4060. The storage consists of two Crucial P3 Plus 4TB SSDs. The operating system is Windows 11.
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Game Testing (RTX 4060 vs RX 9060 XT 8GB)
Seven games were tested below, all run at 1080P with maximum graphics settings. In the image series that follows, the left represents the Radeon RX 9060 XT platform, and the right represents the GeForce RTX 4060 platform.
Game 1: Alan Wake 2
- Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS: 62, Min FPS: 34, Frame Time: 15.1ms, CPU Usage: 34%, Temp: 56°C, RAM Usage: 11.3GB, GPU Usage: 94%, VRAM Usage: 7.4GB, Power: 149W, GPU Temp: 65°C
- GeForce RTX 4060: Avg FPS: 46, Min FPS: 35, Frame Time: 20.3ms, CPU Usage: 27%, Temp: 42°C, RAM Usage: 12.0GB, GPU Usage: 94%, VRAM Usage: 7.9GB, Power: 111W, GPU Temp: 64°C
GeForce RTX 4060 lags by 16 FPS on average (~26%), with identical minimum FPS but significantly higher frame time.
Game 2: God of War
- Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS: 135, Min FPS: 118, Frame Time: 7.1ms, CPU Usage: 41%, Temp: 61°C, RAM: 15.7GB, GPU: 99%, VRAM: 6.3GB, Power: 150W, GPU Temp: 71°C
- GeForce RTX 4060: Avg FPS: 99, Min FPS: 85, Frame Time: 9.8ms, CPU Usage: 33%, Temp: 50°C, RAM: 13.8GB, GPU: 99%, VRAM: 5.5GB, Power: 119W, GPU Temp: 76°C
RTX 4060 delivers 36 FPS fewer (~27%), with lower power and RAM usage but higher GPU temperature.
Game 3: Cyberpunk 2077
- Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS: 107, Min FPS: 90, Frame Time: 9.5ms, CPU Usage: 60%, Temp: 56°C, RAM: 12.4GB, GPU: 97%, VRAM: 6.9GB, Power: 149W, GPU Temp: 65°C
- GeForce RTX 4060: Avg FPS: 78, Min FPS: 58, Frame Time: 12.0ms, CPU Usage: 43%, Temp: 48°C, RAM: 11.8GB, GPU: 98%, VRAM: 6.0GB, Power: 115W, GPU Temp: 67°C
RTX 4060 falls behind by 29 FPS (~27%) with significantly lower minimum FPS and higher frame time.
Game 4: Silent Hill 2
- Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS: 75, Min FPS: 59, Frame Time: 12.2ms, CPU Usage: 33%, Temp: 58°C, RAM: 12.5GB, GPU: 98%, VRAM: 7.4GB, Power: 151W, GPU Temp: 71°C
- GeForce RTX 4060: Avg FPS: 61, Min FPS: 48, Frame Time: 15.8ms, CPU Usage: 25%, Temp: 46°C, RAM: 12.9GB, GPU: 98%, VRAM: 6.3GB, Power: 112W, GPU Temp: 68°C
RTX 4060 trails by 14 FPS (~19%) in average frame rate and 11 FPS in minimum FPS.
Game 5: The Witcher 3
- Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS: 93, Min FPS: 79, Frame Time: 10.6ms, CPU Usage: 58%, Temp: 60°C, RAM: 13.6GB, GPU: 99%, VRAM: 6.4GB, Power: 150W, GPU Temp: 70°C
- GeForce RTX 4060: Avg FPS: 71, Min FPS: 58, Frame Time: 11.9ms, CPU Usage: 41%, Temp: 41°C, RAM: 13.8GB, GPU: 98%, VRAM: 3.9GB, Power: 120W, GPU Temp: 68°C
RTX 4060 is 22 FPS (~24%) behind on average, with lower VRAM usage but higher RAM usage.
Game 6: Black Myth: Wukong
- Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS: 79, Min FPS: 58, Frame Time: 12.7ms, CPU Usage: 51%, Temp: 57°C, RAM: 17.4GB, GPU: 96%, VRAM: 7.2GB, Power: 149W, GPU Temp: 70°C
- GeForce RTX 4060: Avg FPS: 61, Min FPS: 46, Frame Time: 14.2ms, CPU Usage: 28%, Temp: 44°C, RAM: 16.1GB, GPU: 98%, VRAM: 6.0GB, Power: 115W, GPU Temp: 68°C
RTX 4060 delivers 18 FPS fewer (~23%) in average FPS, with significantly less CPU usage.
Game 7: The Last of Us Part II
- Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS: 111, Min FPS: 96, Frame Time: 9.2ms, CPU Usage: 81%, Temp: 59°C, RAM: 17.1GB, GPU: 98%, VRAM: 7.3GB, Power: 150W, GPU Temp: 64°C
- GeForce RTX 4060: Avg FPS: 79, Min FPS: 61, Frame Time: 13.1ms, CPU Usage: 64%, Temp: 48°C, RAM: 14.7GB, GPU: 98%, VRAM: 7.6GB, Power: 111W, GPU Temp: 65°C
RTX 4060 is 32 FPS (~29%) behind in average FPS and 35 FPS behind in minimum FPS, with higher frame time.
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Comparison Conclusion
Overall, the GeForce RTX 4060 platform consumes less CPU and memory resources than the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB, and its power consumption is also lower. However, its performance is significantly inferior. In this case, lower resource usage is meaningless—only when performance is superior does lower resource usage matter.
Based on the above data, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB outperforms the GeForce RTX 4060 by approximately 25%, which is a considerable margin—it’s not just slightly better, but clearly in a higher tier. Therefore, at this stage, the GeForce RTX 4060 is no longer worth purchasing. This is the final conclusion of this article, for reference only.
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