I. Introduction
The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB has finally been officially released, and this article marks the fourth round of its gaming performance comparisons. This time, it’s matched against a significantly more powerful competitor: the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB, which sits two tiers higher.
With a 72% price difference between the two cards, the key questions are: how much of a gap exists in real-world gaming performance, and which one offers better value? This article aims to answer those questions through detailed performance comparisons for readers’ reference.
II. Specifications Comparison
The Radeon RX 9060 XT, launched on June 4, 2025, features the Navi 44 GPU built on TSMC’s 4nm process and based on the RDNA 4 architecture. It includes:
- 2,048 shaders
- 128 texture units
- 64 raster units
- 32 compute units
- 32 ray tracing units
- 4MB L2 cache, 32MB L3 cache
- Base clock: 1,700 MHz, Boost clock: 3,130 MHz
- 128-bit memory interface, 8GB or 16GB GDDR6 @ 20.1 Gbps
- Bandwidth: 322.3 GB/s
- Power consumption: 160W
- Pricing: $299 (8GB) / $349 (16GB)
The Radeon RX 9070 XT, launched on March 6, 2025, uses the Navi 48 GPU, also on TSMC’s 4nm node. It offers:
- 4,096 shaders
- 256 texture units
- 128 raster units
- 64 compute units
- 128 tensor cores
- 8MB L2 cache, 64MB L3 cache
- Base clock: 1,660 MHz, Boost clock: 2,970 MHz
- 256-bit memory interface, 16GB GDDR6 @ 20.1 Gbps
- Bandwidth: 644.6 GB/s
- Power consumption: 304W
- Price: $599
III. Test Platform Configuration
Main system specs:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Motherboard: Gigabyte AORUS B650 Elite AX
- RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000
- GPUs: Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
- SSD: Crucial P3 Plus 4TB
IV. Game Testing (RX 9060 XT vs RX 9070 XT)
Seven games were tested at 1440P resolution. In the comparison screenshots, the left side represents the Radeon RX 9060 XT platform, and the right side represents the Radeon RX 9070 XT platform.
Game 1: Alan Wake II
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 68, Min FPS 57, Frame Time 14.7ms
- RX 9070 XT: Avg FPS 119, Min FPS 97, Frame Time 9.0ms
RX 9070 XT leads by 51 FPS (~75%), minimum FPS higher by 40, frame time lower by 5ms.
Game 2: Red Dead Redemption 2
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 87, Min FPS 72, Frame Time 11.9ms
- RX 9070 XT: Avg FPS 147, Min FPS 113, Frame Time 7.3ms
RX 9070 XT leads by 60 FPS (~69%), minimum FPS higher by 41, frame time lower by 4.6ms.
Game 3: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 108, Min FPS 79, Frame Time 10.6ms
- RX 9070 XT: Avg FPS 183, Min FPS 135, Frame Time 6.0ms
RX 9070 XT leads by 75 FPS (~69%), minimum FPS higher by 56, frame time lower by 4.6ms.
Game 4: Cyberpunk 2077
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 75, Min FPS 60, Frame Time 14.9ms
- RX 9070 XT: Avg FPS 130, Min FPS 101, Frame Time 8.5ms
RX 9070 XT leads by 55 FPS (~73%), minimum FPS higher by 41, frame time lower by 6.4ms.
Game 5: The Witcher 3
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 72, Min FPS 64, Frame Time 12.4ms
- RX 9070 XT: Avg FPS 137, Min FPS 118, Frame Time 6.7ms
RX 9070 XT leads by 65 FPS (~90%), minimum FPS higher by 54, frame time lower by 5.7ms.
Game 6: Black Myth: Wukong
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 47, Min FPS 40, Frame Time 20.0ms
- RX 9070 XT: Avg FPS 90, Min FPS 73, Frame Time 10.5ms
RX 9070 XT leads by 43 FPS (~92%), minimum FPS higher by 33, frame time lower by 9.5ms.
Game 7: The Last of Us Part II
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 60, Min FPS 47, Frame Time 15.6ms
- RX 9070 XT: Avg FPS 106, Min FPS 82, Frame Time 8.2ms
RX 9070 XT leads by 56 FPS (~93%), minimum FPS higher by 35, frame time lower by 7.4ms.
Summary:
Across all seven games, the Radeon RX 9070 XT consistently and significantly outperformed the RX 9060 XT, with performance gains ranging from ~69% to ~93%, depending on the title. Power consumption was substantially higher on the RX 9070 XT (typically +148–174W), but frame rate improvements were consistently strong across all scenarios.
V. Comparative Conclusion
Overall, the Radeon RX 9060 XT was completely outclassed by the Radeon RX 9070 XT throughout all tests—an expected result given the substantial hardware gap. The RX 9070 XT’s performance advantage was overwhelming in every game.
Based on the compiled data, the Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers approximately 80% higher gaming performance than the RX 9060 XT. Since this performance gap exceeds the 72% price difference, the RX 9070 XT offers a better overall value in terms of absolute price-to-performance ratio.
This is the conclusion of the article, provided for reference only.
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