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Preface
In previous articles, I have already shared gaming performance comparisons between the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB and several competing products, such as the GeForce RTX 5060 and GeForce RTX 4060. Today, we will bring in the previous generation Radeon RX 7600 to join the battle.
This is to evaluate how much of a performance improvement the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB offers over the Radeon RX 7600, and whether it’s worth the upgrade — for the reference of interested readers.
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Specifications 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 is 1700MHz, with a boost clock of 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, bandwidth is 322.3GB/s, and power consumption is 160W. The 8GB version is priced at $299, while the 16GB version costs $349.
The Radeon RX 7600 was released on May 24, 2023. It uses the Navi 33 GPU, based on the RDNA 3.0 architecture, and is manufactured using TSMC’s 6nm process. It features 2048 stream processors, 128 texture units, 64 raster units, 32 compute units, and 32 ray tracing cores. It has 2MB of L2 cache and 32MB of L3 cache.
The base clock is 1720MHz, with a boost clock of up to 2655MHz. It comes with 8GB of GDDR6 memory, a 128-bit memory interface, memory speed of 18Gbps, and memory bandwidth of 288.0GB/s. Its FP32 floating-point performance is 21.75 TFLOPS, power consumption is 165W, and the suggested retail price is $269.
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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, the memory is 32GB DDR5-6000, the graphics cards used are the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB and the Radeon RX 7600, the storage consists of two Crucial P3 Plus 4TB drives, and the operating system is Windows 11.
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Game Testing
The following tests were conducted on seven games, all using 1080P graphics settings. In the image comparisons, the left side represents the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB platform, and the right side represents the Radeon RX 7600 platform.
Game 1: Ghostwire: Tokyo
Radeon RX 9060 XT platform: average FPS 98, minimum FPS 84, frame time 10.3ms, CPU usage 45%, temp 54°C, memory usage 14.1GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM usage 6.6GB, power 149W, GPU temp 64°C.
Radeon RX 7600 platform: average FPS 75, minimum FPS 61, frame time 12.7ms, CPU usage 38%, temp 49°C, memory usage 14.8GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM usage 6.0GB, power 169W, GPU temp 76°C.
RX 9060 XT had 7% higher CPU usage, 0.7GB lower memory usage, same GPU usage, 0.6GB higher VRAM usage, 20W lower power, and 12°C lower temperature. It led by 23 FPS (~24%) in average FPS and 23 FPS in minimum FPS, with about 2ms lower frame time.
Game 2: God of War
Radeon RX 9060 XT: average FPS 127, minimum FPS 118, frame time 8.4ms, CPU usage 53%, temp 57°C, memory usage 16.5GB, GPU usage 97%, VRAM 7.0GB, power 151W, GPU temp 65°C.
Radeon RX 7600: average FPS 85, minimum FPS 79, frame time 11.3ms, CPU usage 45%, temp 54°C, memory usage 18.4GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM 7.8GB, power 169W, GPU temp 75°C.
RX 9060 XT had 8% higher CPU usage, 1.9GB lower memory usage, 2% lower GPU usage, 0.8GB lower VRAM usage, 18W lower power, and 10°C lower temperature. It led by 42 FPS (~33%) in average FPS and 39 FPS in minimum FPS, with about 3ms lower frame time.
Game 3: Horizon Forbidden West
Radeon RX 9060 XT: average FPS 89, minimum FPS 79, frame time 11.3ms, CPU usage 66%, memory 15.5GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM 7.3GB, power 150W, GPU temp 65°C.
Radeon RX 7600: average FPS 59, minimum FPS 52, frame time 18.3ms, CPU usage 69%, memory 14.2GB, GPU usage 97%, VRAM 7.3GB, power 169W, GPU temp 74°C.
RX 9060 XT had 3% lower CPU usage, 1.3GB higher memory usage, nearly identical GPU and VRAM usage, 19W lower power, and 9°C lower temperature. It led by 30 FPS (~34%) in average FPS and 27 FPS in minimum FPS, with about 7ms lower frame time.
Game 4: GTA 5
Radeon RX 9060 XT: average FPS 140, minimum FPS 125, frame time 6.8ms, CPU usage 59%, temp 54°C, memory 12.1GB, GPU usage 96%, VRAM 6.3GB, power 150W, GPU temp 65°C.
Radeon RX 7600: average FPS 103, minimum FPS 91, frame time 9.2ms, CPU usage 55%, temp 52°C, memory 12.6GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM 6.3GB, power 169W, GPU temp 72°C.
RX 9060 XT had 4% higher CPU usage, 0.5GB lower memory usage, 3% lower GPU usage, same VRAM usage, 19W lower power, and 7°C lower temperature. It led by 37 FPS (~26%) in average FPS and 34 FPS in minimum FPS, with about 2ms lower frame time.
Game 5: The Witcher 3
Radeon RX 9060 XT: average FPS 93, minimum FPS 78, frame time 10.0ms, CPU usage 60%, temp 48°C, memory 13.8GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM 5.5GB, power 150W, GPU temp 64°C.
Radeon RX 7600: average FPS 63, minimum FPS 53, frame time 15.7ms, CPU usage 43%, temp 48°C, memory 12.7GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM 5.9GB, power 169W, GPU temp 69°C.
RX 9060 XT had 17% higher CPU usage, 1.1GB higher memory usage, nearly identical GPU usage, 0.4GB lower VRAM usage, 19W lower power, and 5°C lower temperature. It led by 30 FPS (~32%) in average FPS and 25 FPS in minimum FPS, with about 5ms lower frame time.
Game 6: Silent Hill 2
Radeon RX 9060 XT: average FPS 67, minimum FPS 63, frame time 14.8ms, CPU usage 33%, temp 50°C, memory 11.5GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM 7.4GB, power 150W, GPU temp 64°C.
Radeon RX 7600: average FPS 48, minimum FPS 46, frame time 20.7ms, CPU usage 28%, temp 45°C, memory 12.0GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM 7.4GB, power 169W, GPU temp 76°C.
RX 9060 XT had 5% higher CPU usage, 0.5GB lower memory usage, equal GPU and VRAM usage, 19W lower power, and 12°C lower temperature. It led by 19 FPS (~28%) in average FPS and 17 FPS in minimum FPS, with about 5ms lower frame time.
Game 7: The Last of Us Part II
Radeon RX 9060 XT: average FPS 115, minimum FPS 96, frame time 7.8ms, CPU usage 92%, memory 17.5GB, GPU usage 98%, VRAM 7.2GB, power 149W, GPU temp 65°C.
Radeon RX 7600: average FPS 83, minimum FPS 71, frame time 11.1ms, CPU usage 73%, memory 16.2GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM 7.3GB, power 169W, GPU temp 71°C.
RX 9060 XT had 7% higher CPU usage, 0.7GB lower memory usage, similar GPU usage, 0.1GB lower VRAM usage, 20W lower power, and 6°C lower temperature. It led by 32 FPS (~28%) in average FPS and 25 FPS in minimum FPS, with about 4ms lower frame time.
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Comparison Conclusion
Overall, compared to the Radeon RX 7600, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB clearly performs at a higher level. Setting aside performance for a moment, its power consumption and temperature are both significantly lower.
Based on the aggregated data, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB offers approximately 29% higher gaming performance than the Radeon RX 7600, marking a substantial improvement.
That said, if you are currently using the Radeon RX 7600, there is no strong need to upgrade to the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB, as the performance gain is relatively marginal. However, if you’re using an older graphics card with performance significantly below the RX 7600, an upgrade would bring a noticeable boost.
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