RX 9060 XT 16 GB GPU Synthetic Benchmarks Leak

[Rabit]

Geekbench
OpenCL 68.7% Performance of RX 9070XT
Vulkan 68.5% Performance of RX 9070XT
Not Bad
Due this same gen we can see similar scaling in games, and this will be above RX 7700 XT closes perf GPU will be RX 6800 XT

Source:

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB GPU Benchmarks Leak: Slower Than RX 7700 XT In Vulkan & OpenCL Tests

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB "RDNA 4" GPU benchmarks have appeared for the first time in the Geekbench database.

wccftech.com

 

[Dr. Dro]

Quite a bit higher than what I expected, considered it's 50% of the hardware resources of the 9070 XT. Whether due to high clock speeds or poor scaling with a larger amount of WGPs, it'll remain to be seen... hope Chips and Cheese gets to do an in-depth on this one soon.

 

[Rabit]

Quite a bit higher than what I expected, considered it's 50% of the hardware resources of the 9070 XT. Whether due to high clock speeds or poor scaling with a larger amount of WGPs, it'll remain to be seen... hope Chips and Cheese gets to do an in-depth on this one soon.

I run some comparison to check this scaling on older gen 7600xt in synthetic have 68 to 70% performance of 7700xt in games 1440P have 66% mainly due x8 PCIE. and in 1080P 70.5% game performance from Techpower reviews.

 

[Dr. Dro]

I run some comparison to check this scaling on older gen 7600xt in synthetic have 68 to 70% performance of 7700xt in games 1440P have 66% mainly due x8 PCIE. and in 1080P 70.5% game performance from Techpower reviews.

It's not due to the PCIe link, it's not really a limitation on this GPU weight class. Still, x16 is welcome if the GPU will be used on a Gen 3 slot, which will cover my use case. Synthetics are clearly a regression vs. the 7700 XT, which means that this card isn't very powerful, but if the resources are well utilized and it performs higher than the 7700 XT at actual games, it's compelling enough at its MSRP prices. Which are probably going to be a pipe dream for some time. I plan on grabbing a 9060 XT for my server sometime (as long as the rumor that Navi 44 has no video encoding hardware is baseless, as I will be using it for video transcoding and graphics virtualization), but that will be after the hype dies down and supply stabilizes. No rush.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Quite a bit higher than what I expected, considered it's 50% of the hardware resources of the 9070 XT. Whether due to high clock speeds or poor scaling with a larger amount of WGPs, it'll remain to be seen... hope Chips and Cheese gets to do an in-depth on this one soon.

5080 is half a 5090 essentially and out scales it at 65% just looking at 4k on TPU latest gpu review I'd expect 60-65% on this as well considering it has higher clocks than the 9070XT.

This is pretty much been the norm forever I dont remember ever seeing 1/1 scaling with extra CU/SM

 

[dartuil]

I doubt 9060xt beat 6800xt.
I want to be surprised.

 

[JustBenching]

It's not due to the PCIe link, it's not really a limitation on this GPU weight class. Still, x16 is welcome if the GPU will be used on a Gen 3 slot, which will cover my use case. Synthetics are clearly a regression vs. the 7700 XT, which means that this card isn't very powerful, but if the resources are well utilized and it performs higher than the 7700 XT at actual games, it's compelling enough at its MSRP prices. Which are probably going to be a pipe dream for some time. I plan on grabbing a 9060 XT for my server sometime (as long as the rumor that Navi 44 has no video encoding hardware is baseless, as I will be using it for video transcoding and graphics virtualization), but that will be after the hype dies down and supply stabilizes. No rush.

Both the 5060ti and the 9060xt are ~50% of the 5070ti / 9070xt respectively. So yeah they will be pretty close in performance, the 9060xt should be a bit faster than the 8gb 5060ti and a bit slower than the 16gb 5060ti. It's always about the price though, if it ends up costing ~ similar amounts to the 5060ti - yeah, good luck AMD.

 

[wolf]

Seems like 8GB might soon become AMD's worst enemy.... Giggles echo in the background. Jokes aside, It's looking faster than a 5060, right around 5060Ti maybe even ahead, and with 8GB @ $299 which old mate Frank Azor says most gamers won't need more than.... I wonder how this will fare with tech press, rage bait youtubers and enthusiasts.

I have relatively positive feelings toward the 16GB variant if it is well stocked/good supply of MSRP models. If they can't maintain MSRP or the 5060Ti 16GB starts selling under MSRP... trouble.

 

[arbiter]

I think real question will be gaming performance

Seems like 8GB might soon become AMD's worst enemy.... Giggles echo in the background. Jokes aside, It's looking faster than a 5060, right around 5060Ti maybe even ahead, and with 8GB @ $299 which old mate Frank Azor says most gamers won't need more than.... I wonder how this will fare with tech press, rage bait youtubers and enthusiasts.

I have relatively positive feelings toward the 16GB variant if it is well stocked/good supply of MSRP models. If they can't maintain MSRP or the 5060Ti 16GB starts selling under MSRP... trouble.

I think its gonna be slower as look at slides, they compared their 16gb version to 8gb version of 5060ti showing results from games running at 1440p ultra settings. That will pretty much guarantee's 8gb card will max out and lose fps. I know they did it to show closer one to its price point but its very deceptive of doing it. If ram being equal 16gb vs 16gb it likely be between 5060 and 5060ti.

 

[Rabit]

I doubt 9060xt beat 6800xt.
I want to be surprised.

Better in RT
Pure Raster will be bellow a bit
But if you add FR4 this give better experience.

 

[Hecate91]

Seems like 8GB might soon become AMD's worst enemy.... Giggles echo in the background.

Meanwhile, Nvidia claims the 5060 can max out AAA games at over 100FPS.

Frank Azor says most gamers won't need more than....

For e-sports titles, the context there is important, but I can tell you're excluding it on purpose.
The honesty coming from a marketing person is kinda nice given all the marketing BS coming from every company, they're telling you the 8GB card is intended for casual gaming , while the leather jacket man puts the part where you need upscaling and 4x fake frames in very fine print.

I wonder how this will fare with tech press, rage bait youtubers and enthusiasts.

The tech press and so called "rage bait" youtubers will sh*t all over AMD for even launching an 8GB card, so will the "enthusiasts" who want AMD to be cheaper in hopes that Nvidia will lower prices so they have another excuse to buy an Nvidia card.

 

[wolf]

Meanwhile, Nvidia claims the 5060 can max out AAA games at over 100FPS.

I don't doubt that they tested those games as described in the footnotes and got those results. Marketing BS tho sure.

marketing BS coming from every company

Yeah there's been a few knee slappers from AMD as of late too, lets not even mention Intel!

want AMD to be cheaper in hopes that Nvidia will lower prices so they have another excuse to buy an Nvidia card

I do tire of hearing that bad argument. AMD's sales shortcomings are AMD's fault.

 

[JustBenching]

I do tire of hearing that bad argument.

Ok then, what about ngreedia?

People that make this argument just want nvidia to be cheaper so they can finally buy an amd card at MSRP instead of the usual fake msrps amd has been shoving down their throats. Amiright?

 

[Redwoodz]

I do tire of hearing that bad argument. AMD's sales shortcomings are AMD's fault.

What sales shortcomings? The card is yet to hit the market. All indications show this gen is well above target.
You just proved the bias he was talking about.

 

[sepheronx]

Why is FS4 locked behind these newer cards? I thought AMD said that wouldn't end up being the case?

Guess future for previous gen of RX cards will be XeSS and lossless scaling

 

[Hecate91]

I don't doubt that they tested those games as described in the footnotes and got those results. Marketing BS tho sure.

I don't know of any other company getting excused for footnotes, AMD got criticized heavily for saying the 9060XT is 6% faster.

Yeah there's been a few knee slappers from AMD as of late too, lets not even mention Intel!

Nvidia has to be the worst by far with the "5070>4090" claim. With that bizarre logic the 5060 should be faster than the 4080.

I do tire of hearing that bad argument. AMD's sales shortcomings are AMD's fault.

I'm tired of people bashing on something before it's even launched.

Ok then, what about ngreedia?

I try not to say that here, even though it does get the fans twisted up over a joke, even though the same people always jump in AMD threads to call the drivers bad or say FSR looks bad despite never owning an AMD card.

usual fake msrps amd has been shoving down their throats. Amiright?

As opposed to Nvidia MSRP's being fake? The market is completely f*cked but seeing the company which isn't controlling the market get blamed for GPU's being overpriced is an interesting take.

 

[sepheronx]

Toast just did an act of content theft and started a thread on this.

Thread 'AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Graphics Card Geekbenched; Leaked Results Suggest 25-31% Faster Than RX 7600 XT'

May 29, 2025

Just over a week ago, the Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card became official; introduced as the fastest gaming GPU option for "under $350." It represents the second wave of AMD's RDNA 4 GPU generation, but definitive verdicts are not expected until a lifting of review embargoes—likely happening the day before retail release: June 4. Evaluation samples are very likely in the possession of media outlets and influencers; as evidenced by pre-launch benchmark results appearing within the Geekbench Browser database. A nondescript Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB model was put through...

• T0@st
• Replies: 10
• Forum: News

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I recommend you contact the FBI for such unauthorized copies of a post. I recall it was a crime last time I watched a vhs copy of Starship Troopers.

 

[JustBenching]

I try not to say that here, even though it does get the fans twisted up over a joke, even though the same people always jump in AMD threads to call the drivers bad or say FSR looks bad despite never owning an AMD card.

Clearly you are not talking about me cause I own an amd card and I like FSR. Their drivers are crap though.

As opposed to Nvidia MSRP's being fake? The market is completely f*cked but seeing the company which isn't controlling the market get blamed for GPU's being overpriced is an interesting take.

But it isn't, you could find 5060, 5060ti 8gb, 5060ti 16gb and 5070 for real close or actual MSRP prices. Now amd cards on the other hand...


I know you don't really care about facts that much but here we go.

9070xt MSRP = 599. Actual price of cheapest I can find = 729€
5070 MSRP = 549 Actual price of cheapest I can find = 562€
5060 MSRP = 299. Actual price = 317€

Clearly, you can see the difference right?

 

[Thimblewad]

Why is FS4 locked behind these newer cards? I thought AMD said that wouldn't end up being the case?

Guess future for previous gen of RX cards will be XeSS and lossless scaling

It's locked for a reason. The older RDNA cards literally do not have the hardware to be able to run FSR4 efficiently, that's why AMD decided to lock it away.
Some guys were able to get FSR4 running on a 7900XTX on Linux and the results weren't good.

 

[sepheronx]

It's locked for a reason. The older RDNA cards literally do not have the hardware to be able to run FSR4 efficiently, that's why AMD decided to lock it away.
Some guys were able to get FSR4 running on a 7900XTX on Linux and the results weren't good.

But what is the hardware necessarily that is required to run it? Is it weak FP16 compared to the newer gpus?

 

[Thimblewad]

But what is the hardware necessarily that is required to run it? Is it weak FP16 compared to the newer gpus?

FSR 1 to 3.1 were all software based. FSR 4 is running on the AI units of the card, so hardware based. Those AI units on the previous generation RDNA cards are super slow (hence the trash RT performance). That's why the 9070 XT is much better in RT, even though it has half the AI cores.
I believe there's no official explanation but this is my semi-educated take on things.

 

[sepheronx]

FSR 1 to 3.1 were all software based. FSR 4 is running on the AI units of the card, so hardware based. Those AI units on the previous generation RDNA cards are super slow (hence the trash RT performance). That's why the 9070 XT is much better in RT, even though it has half the AI cores.
I believe there's no official explanation but this is my semi-educated take on things.

That's a good explanation though. And guess it makes sense since FS4 is quite the leap on quality compared to 3.1.

Still sucks though.

 

[Chrispy_]

Quite a bit higher than what I expected, considered it's 50% of the hardware resources of the 9070 XT. Whether due to high clock speeds or poor scaling with a larger amount of WGPs, it'll remain to be seen... hope Chips and Cheese gets to do an in-depth on this one soon.

9070XT is limited by something other than cores - people who have modded 9070 > 9070XT get practically identical scores to the XT when using the XT's power limits despite 1/8th of the cores being disabled/broken.

I'm not smart enough to know what the limiting factor is with the 9070-series, my initial hunch was VRAM bandwidth but I've overclocked mine as high as 2750MHz (22Gbps) and not seen anything close to matching performance gain, so it's probably not bandwidth limited either.

 

[JustBenching]

9070XT is limited by something other than cores - people who have modded 9070 > 9070XT get practically identical scores from the vanilla 9070 at XT power limits despite 1/8th of the cores being disabled/broken.

Outdated slow gddr6?

 

[Chrispy_]

Outdated slow gddr6?

don't think so, see my above edit.