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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT to Roll Out 8 GB GDDR6 Edition, Despite Rumors

May 1st, 2025 03:25 Discuss (152 Comments)

A few weeks ago, we reported on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT, which is scheduled to come right after this year's Computex show. Some early leaks have pointed to the existence of two Radeon RX 9060 XT variants: one with 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM and another with an 8 GB GDDR6 capacity. Recent rumors have begun speculating that the 8 GB card is not coming at all, which BenchLife now debunks. According to the publication: "As for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB version, we have reliable sources telling us that there is currently no plan to stop supply or cancel it. As for the news from the market, it is just a rumor. The main reason is as mentioned earlier, it is entirely due to the reaction to the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti."

The 8 GB version of NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 5060 Ti wasn't well received. It wasn't even supplied to reviewers, and out own review was delayed as we waited to buy a card off the shelf. TechPowerUp's reviewer W1zzard confirmed that "If you want ray tracing, then RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB is your best option, and of course anything upcoming from AMD in that price bracket—we've been hearing rumors about an RX 9060 Series after Computex, an RX 9070 GRE is also likely, but both are unknowns in terms of performance and pricing." Perhaps if AMD can price this 8 GB card aggressively, it will receive praise from consumers. If not, it will be a turning point for the mid-range PC gamers, who now demand more VRAM for their cards so they are not left behind with future title releases, especially as they become more demanding.

Sources: BenchLife, via VideoCardz

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152 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT to Roll Out 8 GB GDDR6 Edition, Despite Rumors

#51

JustBenching

TheinsanegamerNI can look at your graph and raise you this review that shows the total opposite:

www.techspot.com/review/2980-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-8gb/[/UR

Your review is testing 4k. Bud come on..

TheinsanegamerNNo, because the obscenely expensive 8GB versions of cards are going to cause support headaches, confusion, misinformation, and artificially jack up the price of cards with modern VRAM allotments.

No they won't. You are just making stuff up. You want 8gb version to not exist because you might get confused and buy the 8gb instead of the 16? What are you actually saying?

TheinsanegamerNEven if you LIKE 8GB for some bizarre reason, you do realize that 8GB RX 480s were $229 9 years ago right? How is a card with the same VRAM nearly a decade later worth more then half of that?

It's called inflation. Food was less than half the price a decade ago. 6 decades ago my grandpa bought a house with the equivalent of 100€....What is your point?[/url]

#52

OneSorcerer

IF I get 30% uplift from my 6650xt (matching a 3070), 16GB and FSR4 for less than 399, I might consider it. 500 for a 5060 ti is outrageous.
IF the 8GB version is < 299, I might consider it too, as 8GB is still enough for my needs.

#53

JustBenching

dirtyferretno roll out of a 4GB version for the "enthusiast" gamer?

You can't play a lot of games with just 4gb but why would I mind if a 4gb version existed? I really don't care, let them 2gb version for all I care. If people wanna buy it, why would I bothered, as long as the version I want is also available? Doesn't make sense to me.

#54

Scattergrunt

Red HoodSame fate as 5060ti 8GB

IF the price sucks. (GDDR6 chips are pretty cheap, so it should be relatively cheaper no matter what) RT is probably not gonna be good anyway if I had to figure.

I think the bigger problem is not performance. There is a performance differences between the two, with more edge cases than vs their 40 series counterparts, but at the end of the day, its still just edge cases, the real problem is it's price. I keep hammering this point because I think there's many dishonest people misrepresenting alot of the criticism of the 8GB 5060Ti as "wow look at these idiots who wont lower their settings"

8GB for almost ~$450 USD on average (street price, not MSRP) is a joke.

I hope AMD can capitalize on this well and give a compelling price point for 8GB of VRAM.

#55

TheinsanegamerN

JustBenchingYour review is testing 4k. Bud come on..

Oh wait, hang on a sec:

JustBenchingSo you don't trust reviewers, just the ones that already agree with your opinion.

Hmmm.....Seems like you only like reviews that back up your opinions....

JustBenchingNo they won't. You are just making stuff up. You want 8gb version to not exist because you might get confused and buy the 8gb instead of the 16? What are you actually saying?

Seems you are rather confused.

I was pretty clear: the existence of a 8GB version is going to cause problems when people buy the 8GB card after reading 16G reviews only to have problems the 16GB cards do not have. We are a tech forum, if you dont understand how that will result in complaint posts here you havent browsed enough.

JustBenchingIt's called inflation. Food was less than half the price a decade ago. 6 decades ago my grandpa bought a house with the equivalent of 100€....What is your point?[/url]

This is hyperbole. Your grandpa did not buy a house for the equivalent of $100, in any era. That's not how inflation works. You PROBABLY meant: "my grandpa bought a home for $100 6 decades ago" which would still be wrong, but might have made more sense in implying the currency has become highly devalued.

Inflation does not justify the price either. With inflation that 480 would be $ 309. The 8GB 5060ti is $379 MSRP. And the RX480 8GB is using double density memory chips, which is being used in the 16GB cards. The equivalent of the 8GB 5060ti would be the 4GB 480, which was only $199.

8GB cards should not cost more than $100 today. They are obsolete, and going forward will only become Moreso, just like 2GB and 512MB cards.

JustBenchingYou can't play a lot of games with just 4gb but why would I mind if a 4gb version existed? I really don't care, let them 2gb version for all I care. If people wanna buy it, why would I bothered, as long as the version I want is also available? Doesn't make sense to me.

Because that 4GB versions would be pushed out for $379, the 8GB raised to $450, and so on.

#56

dartuil

5060ti and 9060xt get destroyed by 7700xt

#57

lexluthermiester

What a surprise. The naysayer's persist.. I can't wait for the benchmarks to handily prove them wrong and they still play the denial card..

#58

JustBenching

TheinsanegamerNOh wait, hang on a sec:

Hmmm.....Seems like you only like reviews that back up your opinions....

I wasn't the one that suggested "I don't trust random people but reviews". I have multiple 8gb cards, don't need to rely on reviews.

TheinsanegamerNI was pretty clear: the existence of a 8GB version is going to cause problems when people buy the 8GB card after reading 16G reviews only to have problems the 16GB cards do not have. We are a tech forum, if you dont understand how that will result in complaint posts here you havent browsed enough.

People buying the wrong product has nothing to do with whether or not 8gb cards should exist. People might read the review of the 5080 and buy a 5070 instead. So what

TheinsanegamerNThis is hyperbole. Your grandpa did not buy a house for the equivalent of $100, in any era. That's not how inflation works. You PROBABLY meant: "my grandpa bought a home for $100 6 decades ago" which would still be wrong, but might have made more sense in implying the currency has become highly devalued.

I used €, and since euros did not exist back then, that's why I said the equivalent. The wages back then was 0.04cents in my country and yes, 100€ could buy you a house. Inflation.

TheinsanegamerNInflation does not justify the price either. With inflation that 480 would be $ 309. The 8GB 5060ti is $379 MSRP. And the RX480 8GB is using double density memory chips, which is being used in the 16GB cards. The equivalent of the 8GB 5060ti would be the 4GB 480, which was only $199.

8GB cards should not cost more than $100 today. They are obsolete, and going forward will only become Moreso, just like 2GB and 512MB cards.

Your argument would make sense if the 8gb version was the most expensive one. It isn't. It is in fact the cheapest. So pretending that somehow 8gb cards are raising prices is ludicrous. GPUs are expensive nowadays for whatever reason and the amount of vram is completely irrelevant. If the 5060ti 8gb cost 100$ then the 16gb version would be 130$ and you would still be here arguing that 8gb cards shouldn't exist.

#59

Vayra86

AlienIsGODim taking comments with a grain of salt, multiple sites show the 5060 Ti 8GB isnt a vaible option at its price point and for the advertised features such as RT. Some game even refuse to run proper on that card. Going outside of TPU and gathering more info is important when having these types of discussions as alot of FUD is being said

im taking comments with a grain of salt, multiple sites show the 5060 Ti 8GB isnt a vaible option at its price point and for the advertised features such as RT. Some game even refuse

All it takes is a sliver of common sense to realize that a card twice as fast as an 8GB card six years ago, still carrying 8GB but with a slightly higher bandwidth, isn't going to be a well balanced product.

Some people need years of reviews to get there. Others don't even get there when those reviews exist.

Cognitive dissonance is that strong.

But really, like for most stuff in life, its really not complicated at all, but rather just an uncomfortable truth. Of course the current situation is a wild clusterfck and there is no good buy in the x60 segment to speak of yet. Its that simple. The only people trying extremely hard to believe otherwise, are the usual trolls we see every time, and a bunch of people in the market for a graphics card at a not too astronomical price. This shit ain't complicated. But by all means, 10 pages this time, lets go :)

#60

Mrgravia

Lets just hope one of the cards is LP friendly, or at least single fan. Give the SFF folks a lifeline for those with <5L builds.

#61

lexluthermiester

MrgraviaLets just hope one of the cards is LP friendly, or at least single fan. Give the SFF folks a lifeline for those with <5L builds.

You are talking about a Radeon 9050 or 9040. The 9060 will never fit into a SFF case because they can not be made half-height. The power profile is too high.

#62

JustBenching

Vayra86All it takes is a sliver of common sense to realize that a card twice as fast as an 8GB card six years ago, still carrying 8GB but with a slightly higher bandwidth, isn't going to be a well balanced product.

Using that sliver of common sense the 9070xt is DOA, since it carries the same vram buffer while being 3 times as fast as a card from 6 years ago (radeon VII). Right? Actually scratch the 3 times fast fast, it's probably 50 times as fast in RT workloads. Yet, it has the same vram buffer...

#63

Vayra86

JustBenchingUsing that sliver of common sense the 9070xt is DOA, since it carries the same vram buffer while being 3 times as fast as a card from 6 years ago (radeon VII). Right? Actually scratch the 3 times fast fast, it's probably 50 times as fast in RT workloads. Yet, it has the same vram buffer...

Thanks for confirming yet again common sense is lost on you here on TPU. We're done here ;)

#64

Mrgravia

lexluthermiesterYou are talking about a Radeon 9050 or 9040. The 9060 will never fit into a SFF case because they can not be made half-height. The power profile is too high.

That's a damn shame, as Nvidia has a LP 5060 8gb in the works.

#65

Scattergrunt

MrgraviaThat's a damn shame, as Nvidia has a LP 5060 8gb in the works.

A LP 9060 could still happen maybe. He was talking specifically about the 9060XT. I'm pretty sure leaks still suggest a 9060 might happen.

#66

JustBenching

Vayra86Thanks for confirming yet again common sense is lost on you here on TPU. We're done here ;)

Using your own argument against you is brutal isn't it?

#67

Vayra86

JustBenchingUsing your own argument against you is brutal isn't it?

No... no. Its not that. Common sense. You can solve that mystery by yourself surely. It relates closely to how data works in VRAM.

#68

DaemonForce

DenverIt’s been nearly a decade since the RX 480 8GB launched at $229

and shot straight to the moon during a period of peak Etherium mining...~$450ish.
Not sure why people keep leaving that part out. The 480/580 was too interesting.

Denverand yet, here we are in 2025, stagnant on the same 8GB. Somehow, some people are actually content with this mess?

No. My 580 is a fairly slow core with 8GB of GDDR5. This era of cards are PCI-E g4/g5 super fast core on GDDR6/GDDR6X/GDDR7.
Despite it being years on the Chinese chopping block, there are some souls braving a 16GB version of the same old slow core card.
Some would even take it a step further and Crossfire such an insane creation.

I would rather check out overclocking prep work.

Or better yet, skip it entirely and move on to newer product like the RX 9070 series. The cores are much faster and memory is appropriate.
A 9060 8GB would be appropriate until I start encountering the frame dips and hard halts that happen with memory swap on this 580.
So, yeah. Hard avoid. The only reason I would pick an 8GB card is for its low profile compute value. Not that I would need it at this point.

MrgraviaThat's a damn shame, as Nvidia has a LP 5060 8gb in the works.

Actually based.

#69

arbiter

JustBenchingReviewers have been making 10s of videos about 8gb nvidia cards, but somehow they treat the amd 8gb cards harsher :kookoo:

Probably due to all people mad at nvidia for even making an 8gb card. AMD decided to keep on track to push one out and not decided to hold it up. I expected AMD to get less flak cause its AMD making one.

Dirt ChipOne can say AMD doesn’t do so well with RT, that need more ram, so with no RT and less memory need thay are good at 8GB while NV is bad with 8GB.
One can also say this is biased as shit.

Nvidia cards i think can get away with 8gb longer then amd cards due to the memory compression. I remember seeing a lot of side by side videos where nvidia card would be 500-1.5gb less vram usage at times depending on game. Havn't heard anything from amd side coming up with and new compression technique's so if things are still same i could see tests between 16gb and 8gb amd card showing more variance in fps compared to 5060ti which only had if i remember 2 games outta their games test list 8gb down. Really to be fair of the 2 games were 8gb was down 10%, 1 of games was monster hunter wilds the game only ran 45-50fps on both cards so i most people would play a game that low fps and not turn settings down which would probably solve that gap.

#70

Raffles

RejZoRI mean, I guess 8GB still makes sense for 1080p low everything if you just need to run a game and don't care about looks, but price needs to seriously reflect that. Otherwise it's pointless.

Then again, why not have RX 9060 series as 16GB only and turn RX 9060 8GB into RX 9050 8GB and just offer it as that, a single RX 9050 SKU that only comes in 8GB option. There is no point in gutting RX 9060 any further, honestly as it's already pretty low in terms of performance, but memory difference could be detrimental not all that long term.

So, the lineup would go like:
RX 9070 XT 16GB
RX 9070 16GB
RX 9060 XT 16GB
RX 9060 16GB
RX 9050 8GB (just renamed RX 9060, but with only 8GB VRAM)

That would totally make sense. And AMD should go into a marketing push of "8GB is not enough" themselves. Seeing how NVIDIA is fumbling around with memory capacity all the time, that would be great opportunity to market on. Especially since all reviewers are on board with this too. But they didn't take on that for some reason which is such a missed opportunity.

"1080p low everything"

And there's my 3070 happily running most games at 1440p high settings (or if possible, 4k with DLSS), with some slightly older games like Forza Horizon 4 running as high as 4k120.

#71

JustBenching

Raffles"1080p low everything"

And there's my 3070 happily running most games at 1440p high settings (or if possible, 4k with DLSS), with some slightly older games like Forza Horizon 4 running as high as 4k120.

Agreed, I'm using a 3060ti on a 3440x1440 monitor.

#72

Vayra86

arbiterProbably due to all people mad at nvidia for even making an 8gb card. AMD decided to keep on track to push one out and not decided to hold it up. I expected AMD to get less flak cause its AMD making one.

Nvidia cards i think can get away with 8gb longer then amd cards due to the memory compression. I remember seeing a lot of side by side videos where nvidia card would be 500-1.5gb less vram usage at times depending on game. Havn't heard anything from amd side coming up with and new compression technique's so if things are still same i could see tests between 16gb and 8gb amd card showing more variance in fps compared to 5060ti which only had if i remember 2 games outta their games test list 8gb down. Really to be fair of the 2 games were 8gb was down 10%, 1 of games was monster hunter wilds the game only ran 45-50fps on both cards so i most people would play a game that low fps and not turn settings down which would probably solve that gap.

That info is as old as Maxwell buddy. All vendors deploy delta compression these days. There is no usage gap in vram.

#73

JustBenching

Vayra86That info is as old as Maxwell buddy. All vendors deploy delta compression these days. There is no usage gap in vram.

Actually there is, a big one. In on my phone now I'll give you some links when I'm back home showing nvidia cards with the same amount of vram as amd ones using considerably less vram or system ram.

DF had an article about it way after the Maxwell era.

#74

arbiter

Vayra86That info is as old as Maxwell buddy. All vendors deploy delta compression these days. There is no usage gap in vram.

Ummmm head over to Youtube and look at comparison videos between amd and nvidia card there. on avg amd card is usually using 10% more vram then nvidia cards and depending on use of upscaler i seen it be even 20% more.

#75

AusWolf

I understand why people want more VRAM in the midrange, but I don't understand the public cry for the release of this card. No one is pointing a gun at your head to make you buy one.

Hardware manufacturers change course when (projected or real) sales numbers force them to do so, not when people cry on a forum. As long as 8 GB cards sell well, no one cares who says what here. If you want AMD and Nvidia to offer more, you'll have to stop buying their shit first.

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