AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT beats Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti for lots much less money
In the event you hang around on {hardware} subreddits lengthy sufficient, you’ll hear the joke “Nvidia -$50” tossed round about AMD’s long-held Radeon pricing technique. Nicely, AMD managed to buck that development at the moment, within the mainstream phase the place pricing issues most.
AMD revealed the Radeon RX 9060 XT throughout the firm’s Computex keynote – and it priced the 16GB mannequin at $349. That not solely undercuts Nvidia’s avoid-at-all-costs 8GB RTX 5060 Ti by $30, but it surely means the 16GB 9060 XT is a whopping $80 cheaper than Nvidia’s actually-pretty-good 16GB 5060 Ti.
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A fast peek on the Radeon RX 9060 XT’s high-level specs present that it’s obtainable in each 8GB and 16GB configurations (extra on the 8GB model under). With 32 RDNA 4 Compute Models, the 9060 XT’s GPU packs half these present in its larger brother, the $549+ Radeon 9070 collection.
By pricing the 16GB Radeon RX 9060 XT so aggressively, it lets AMD present why 8GB of reminiscence isn’t sufficient in 2025.
The one performance-comparison slide shared with press compares the 16GB Radeon in opposition to the 8GB RTX 5060 Ti (which, once more, prices extra). AMD claims the Radeon examined a mean of 6 p.c sooner throughout a set of 40 video games, with wins in particular person video games hitting as much as 30 p.c sooner. Carefully notice that the testing was carried out on the extra memory-intensive 1440p decision right here – the numbers would little doubt be nearer if AMD’s graphics card was in contrast in opposition to Nvidia’s 16GB model.
The 9060 XT additionally hangs robust with the 8GB 5060 Ti in Extremely Raytracing video games – sometimes an Nvidia energy. Right here, the expanded reminiscence capability shines much more, driving as much as 62 p.c larger efficiency in its peak instance. (Ray tracing gobbles up reminiscence.)
Talking of ray tracing, as we noticed with the Radeon RX 9070 collection, AMD critically up to date its ray tracing chops this era – a minimum of on video games with primary ray tracing options. In video games with extra intensive ray tracing options, together with path-traced video games like Cyberpunk 2077 overdrive mode and Black Fable Wukong, AMD’s RDNA 4 structure struggled, languishing far behind Nvidia.
AMD attacked the issue head-on at Computex, saying “FSR Redstone” (Minecraft Mumbo Jumbo followers stand up). This know-how takes a multi-step method to bettering visuals and efficiency in AI duties, as you’ll be able to see within the slides above. If it proves profitable, Nvidia’s undoubted lead in ray tracing might be below assault (although Nvidia’s vaunted DLSS 4 already works in superior variations of those options). Search for FSR Redstone to reach someday within the second half of 2025.
It’s not the one new Radeon performance-boosting FSR tech coming: AMD says 40 video games will assist FSR 4 with body era when it launches on June 5, with the Radeon RX 9060 collection.
Lastly, AMD additionally revealed its RTX 5060 competitor. The 8GB Radeon RX 9060 XT will price $299 when it launches alongside the 16GB mannequin on June 5.
In case you don’t bear in mind, Nvidia buried RTX 5060 evaluations as a result of 8GB of reminiscence merely isn’t sufficient in 2025, even for 1080p gaming. That’s nonetheless true, even with the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB. That being stated, if the 8GB model of AMD’s new graphics card nonetheless manages to outpace the RTX 5060 on the identical value, it might be a terrific worth proposition for individuals who concentrate on esports or don’t thoughts turning down graphics within the newest video games.
Hopefully AMD supplies press with 8GB variations of the Radeon RX 9060 XT for assessment – not like Nvidia. (Significantly, don’t purchase the RTX 5060 proper now.) If not, keep away from the 8GB model till unbiased evaluations arrive.
