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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB/8GB review: both are a good value

by admin June 23, 2025

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT: One-minute review

Having missed the initial AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT review cycle earlier this month for logistical reasons, I wanted to do more with this review than just try to play catch-up with my peers who got to review the 16GB card prior to launch.

Fortunately, doing this post-launch meant that I was able to get my hands on both 16GB and 8GB versions of the RX 9060 XT for a single review, and I’m honestly glad I waited.

Both AMD RX 9060 XT cards bring a compelling value, with the 8GB version starting at $299.99 / £269.99 / AU$569 and the 16GB versions starting at $349.99 / £329.99 / AU$689. This puts it roughly in the middle of the price pack for the best cheap graphics cards of the current generation.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT: Price & availability

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How much is it? $299.99 / £269.99 / AU$569 for 8GB, $349.99 / £329.99 / AU$689 for 16GB
When can you get it? Now
Where is it available? Available in the US, UK, and Australia

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT starts at $299.99 / £269.99 / AU$569 for the 8GB version, with the 16GB version starting at $349.99 / £329.99 / AU$689.

There’s a much more direct comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB and the RX 9060 XT 16GB, as both are very comparable spec-wise. In that regard, the RX 9060 XT is a slight price increase over the RX 7600 XT (about $20 in the US), but it’s not really large enough to ding its score.

The RX 7600 XT and RX 7600 are very similar, but there are differences beyond just their memory pools, so the RX 9060 XT is not quite as comparable to the RX 7600, meaning even though the RX 9060 XT is slightly more expensive (about $30 in the US), it’s much more reasonable given the comparably faster clock speeds.

Nvidia’s competing cards, the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and RTX 5060, are more expensive ($429 / £419.99 / AU$799 for the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB) or about the same price or slightly more expensive ($299 / £269.99 / AU$599) for the RTX 5060.

Neither RX 9060 XT version has an AMD reference card, so you’ll need to buy one from a third-party manufacturer, such as Asus, Gigabyte, or XFX.

The same is true for Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060, though, so it’s hard to knock the 9060 XT cards too hard for this, especially as we’ve seen fairly wide availability of MSRP cards for sale online that you can actually buy.

Fortunately, we also haven’t seen any real stock shortages of the RX 9060 XT cards, so finding stock at MSRP is fairly easy right now.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT: Specs

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PCIe 5.0
16GB and 8GB VRAM

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RX 9060 XT (16GB)

RX 9060 XT (8GB)

Process Node

TSMC N4P

Transistor Count (Billion)

29.7

Compute Units

Shaders

2,048

Ray Accelerators

AI/Matrix Processors

Render Output Units

Cache (MB)

Base Clock (MHz)

1,700

Boost Clock (MHz)

3,130

Memory Clock (MHz)

2,518

Memory Type

GDDR6

Memory Pool (GB)

Memory Interface (bits)

128

Effective Memory Speed (Gbps)

20.1

Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)

322.3

PCIe Interface

5.0 x16

TGP (W)

160

150

Recommended PSU (W)

450

700

Power Connector

1 x 8-pin

Both versions of the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT have effectively identical specs, other than different memory pools and the slightly higher TDP for the 16GB version to account for powering the additional memory.

Otherwise, they use the exact same GPU die with identical clock speeds, so your decision between the two is really about whether that 8GB of additional GDDR6 VRAM is worth the extra investment.

The number of compute units, ROPs, and available cache on the RX 9060 XT is unchanged over the RX 7600 XT and RX 7600, so the RX 9060 XT is effectively an upgraded version of those cards using the new RDNA 4 architecture and faster game and memory clock speeds.

There’s also the issue of whether 8GB is enough for a modern graphics card, even at a sub-$300 price point. Given the performance I found while testing, an 8GB card can perform well right now, even at 1440p, on many games, so long as you don’t go anywhere near ray tracing. How much longer will that be the case? It’s hard to say, but 8GB cards are already starting to struggle, so even a 10GB card would have been better, much less a 12GB version for the lower-end 9060 XT.

Add to this AMD’s maddening decision to stick with a 128-bit memory bus for these cards, which unnecessarily constrains memory bandwidth and inevitably limits the potential performance of the RX 9060 XT. This alone knocks some points off, because if the Intel Arc B570 can use a 160-bit memory bus, there’s no reason why AMD or Nvidia continue to do so on their 60-class cards.

That simple widening of the bus could noticeably improve gaming frame rates, and it’s something neither AMD nor Nvidia has been able to explain to me beyond vaguely gesturing at cost constraints. If Intel can afford a 160-bit bus, so can AMD, and it makes me wonder how much better these cards might have otherwise been.

OK, end of rant.

Specs & features: 3.5 / 5

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT: Design

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No AMD reference card
Good for SFF cases

There is no AMD reference cards for either of the RX 9060 XT versions, so the design of the card you get will depend on the manufacturer.

The two cards I tested, the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the Asus Dual Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB, are both fairly slender and compact cards.

Neither have any RGB lighting, so if you’re looking for something with more bling, other cards can definitely offer that.

Also, there are some cards from some manufacturers that use triple-fan designs, which seems overkill to me, but if you want a bigger-looking card for a specific build, you’ll definitely have that option.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT: Performance

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Big difference between 16GB and 8GB versions
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and RTX 5060 offer slightly better performance than the two RX 9060 XT cards

A note on my data

The charts shown below offer the most recent data I have for the cards tested for this review. They may change over time as more card results are added and cards are retested. The ‘average of all cards tested’ includes cards not shown in these charts for readability purposes.

As far as performance goes, there’s a lot to like about both AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT cards, from their modest power draw to their solid 1440p gaming performance.

It’s not all positive though, as there are several points where Nvidia’s competing cards outperform AMD’s latest offerings, making the final assessment much closer than I initially thought it would be when I began testing these cards.

Across synthetic benchmarks, the RX 9060 XT and RTX 5060 Ti are more or less tied across resolutions, with Nvidia’s card only edging out AMD’s in ray tracing performance. The RX 9060 XT 16GB is only about 15% slower than the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB in synthetic ray tracing performance. While this is expected, it’s not as wide as it’s been in previous generations.

The RX 9060 XT 8GB, meanwhile, outperforms the RTX 5060 in 1080p (about 4% better), in 1440p (about 10% better), and in 4K (about 10% better), though the RTX 5060 does hold a slight lead in ray-tracing performance (about 3%).

In creative benchmarks, the RX 9060 XT cards are largely competitive against Nvidia’s GPUs in everything but 3D model rendering. Unfortunately, I can’t say more about this since Blender Benchmark wasn’t able to run on either RX 9060 XT card, so I can’t say how they’d fare against the Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB.

The RTX 5060, interestingly enough, couldn’t run Blender Benchmark either, so this will have to be an issue I’ll investigate further and update my results once I have them, but given that Blender Benchmark Cycles renderer is optimized for Nvidia CUDA (as is nearly all 3D modeling software), I am very confident that the RX 9060 XT cards aren’t going to be competitive on this workload, it’s really just a matter of how far behind the RX 9060 XT cards land in the end.

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Creative workloads aren’t what AMD Radeon cards are most known for, though. PC gaming is where these cards really compete, and in this regard, the RX 9060 XT 8GB comes in about 4% slower than the RTX 5060 in 1080p overall, while the RX 9060 XT 16GB comes up about 9% slower than the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at 1080p overall.

Gen-on-gen, though, the RX 9060 XT 16GB outperforms the RX 7600 XT by about 44% at 1080p, overall, while the RX 9060 XT 8GB similarly comes in about 46% faster than the RX 7600 at 1080p overall.

At 1440p, the story is similar for the RX 9060 XT, with it coming in about 9% slower than the RTX 5060 Ti, overall. For the RX 9060 XT 8GB, the gap widens a bit as it comes in about 8% slower than the RTX 5060, overall.

At 1440p, the gen-on-gen performance improvement is even greater, with the RX 9060 XT 16GB outperforming the RX 7600 XT by about 53% overall, while the RX 9060 XT 8GB outperforms the RX 7600 by a massive 62.5% overall.

In terms of power consumption, the peak power consumption of the RX 9060 XT cards are in line with where the RTX 5060 Ti lands and slightly above the listed TDP for the two cards. The RTX 5060, meanwhile, comes in a good bit lower at peak, in my tests.

Temperature, meanwhile, will largely depend on the model card you end up buying, as they will all have different cooling systems. That said, the Sapphire Pulse RX 9060 XT 16GB stayed a few degrees cooler than the Asus Dual RX 9060 XT 8GB in my tests, buy your mileage may vary.

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In the end, the RX 9060 XT cards kept things pretty close to their respective competition from Nvidia, though couldn’t quite overtake them, even considering that I didn’t factor Blender Benchmark’s results into the final creative score for any of the cards tested, given that I wasn’t able to run it on three of the cards in question.

Had those tests run successfully and been factored into the final scores, the two Nvidia cards would have pulled further ahead, most likely.

But would they have pulled far enough ahead to justify buying them? In the case of the RX 9060 XT 8GB, the RTX 5060 simply offers you a better value given that both can be purchased for MSRP right now, but if you don’t want to give Nvidia your money, you’re not really losing anything by going with the RX 9060 XT 8GB instead.

For the RX 9060 XT 16GB, though, it comes within just a few points of the RTX 5060 Ti at a much lower price, making it the one I’d recommend to anyone shopping for a GPU in this price range.

Should you buy the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT?

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How I tested the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

I spent about three weeks with the RX 9060 XT 16GB and 8GB versions
I used my complete GPU testing suite to analyze the card’s performance
I tested the card in everyday, gaming, creative, and AI workload usage

Test System Specs

Here are the specs on the system I used for testing:

Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite WiFi 7 ICE
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
CPU Cooler: Gigabyte Auros Waterforce II 360 ICE
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6600 (2 x 16GB)
SSD: Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB SSD
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050W Platinum
Case: Praxis Wetbench

I spent about three weeks with both RX 9060 XT cards, using my standard suite of benchmark tests with industry standard tools like 3DMark, PassMark, PugetBench for Creators, and more.

For gaming, I use built-in benchmark tools in games like Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077, and F1 2024.

I also used both cards for about a week each as the GPU in my own PC at home where I used it for work, content creation, and gaming outside of formal testing.

Originally reviewed June 2025

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card roundup: Every announced card from every AIB partner

by admin June 3, 2025

The RX 9060 XT launches on June 5th but that has not stopped AMD’s partners from showing off their respective versions beforehand. Asus, Sapphire, XFX, ASRock and Gigabyte have released listings of 8GB and 16GB versions of the RX 9060 XT boasting triple-fan and dual-fan cooling solutions. We’ve put together a list of all partner models from the aforementioned brands below.

AMD’s RX 9060 XT is its latest generation mid-range GPU, aimed at competing against GPUs like the all-new RTX 5060. The new GPU boasts 2,048 shader cores, 32 CUs, a 128-bit interface, and runs on AMD’s latest RDNA 4 architecture. Essentially, the RX 9060 XT is an RX 9070 XT that has been cut in half.

AMD is offering two memory capacities for the RX 9060 XT, 8GB and 16GB, with the 8GB variant featuring a 10W lower power rating than the 16GB model (at least for the reference specs). AMD claims the 8GB variant will be “good enough” for 1080p gamers, while the 16GB counterpart is geared towards higher resolutions.

Sapphire

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Sapphire — one of the most recognized AMD partners, has four RX 9060 XT models in its arsenal consisting of one Nitro+ variant, one Pure variant and two Pulse models.

The Nitro+ model is Sapphire’s flagship version of the RX 9060 XT, available exclusively in 16GB capacity. It is one of the most exotic 9060 XT cards featuring a fat triple-slot cooler design with a massive grille on the side that serves both aesthetical appeal and functionality. The side area is so large that Sapphire was able to fit a RGB bar on the bottom, while providing more than enough room for air to travel out the side simultaneously.

The Nitro+ variant comes with a variety of features including fuse protection, fan quick disconnects (for easy fan replacements), an internal ARGB header, and FrameDefense; a special architecture that provides improved graphics card durability and rigidity. The Nitro+ model also comes with a Honeywell PTM7950 thermal pad instead of thermal paste, allowing the card to function for years without the effects of thermal paste degradation (or “pump out”).

One feature that is missing from the RX 9060 XT variant is a hidden 12V-2×6 power connector; a feature that the RX 9070 series counterparts came with. Instead, Sapphire opted to put the RX 9060 XT’s 8-pin power connector on the side where it normally sits on most graphics cards

The Pure variant is technically Sapphire’s mid-range offering, featuring a white finish and a dual-fan cooler design, though in the RX 9060 XT’s case, it is essentially a white version of the Pulse model.

The Pulse models are Sapphire’s entry-level solutions featuring a black finish with red accents. Both the Pure and Pulse models share many of the Nitro+’s features including the Honeywell PTM7950 thermal pad and FrameDefense. The main advantage of the Pure and Pulse models are their smaller 2.3 slot form factor and shorter footprint afforded to them by their more compact dual-fan cooler designs.

XFX

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Contrary to Gigabyte, XFX has a plethora of RX 9060 XT models with a whopping 12 models in total comprised of triple-fan and dual-fan cooler options in both 8GB and 16GB trims. In typical XFX fashion, the AIB partner barely shows any features of their GPUs beyond core specs.

The Mercury class is XFX’s flagship lineup, consisting of two identical 16GB triple-fan models (with the only difference noticeable being each card’s physical model name). The Mercy cards sport an aggressive-looking triple-fan design with a sharp angular shroud and a silver color scheme.

The Swift class represents XFX’s mainstream lineup of RX 9060 XT graphics cards, including triple and dual fan cooler options. The triple fan options are comprised of five models, three featuring 16GB trims and the other 8GB trims. Out of the five models, two are white and four are black. The triple-fan cards come with a boxy shroud with either a pure white or pure black color scheme, along with an XFX logo on the right side that is illuminated.

The dual-fan options are comprised of five models as well, with four black models, and two white models. Three of the cards are 8GB variants while the other two are 16GB. These smaller cards carry on the same aesthetic and shroud design as their triple-fan counterparts but forgo illumination on the XFX logo on the side.

Despite having an impressive number of variants, none are factory overclocked.

Asus

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Asus is providing four versions of the RX 9060 XT: one Dual model, two Prime variants, and a single TUF Gaming SKU. Memory capacities are split based on model hierarchy; the Dual gets the 8GB RX 9060 XT trim, the Prime lineup gets both 8GB and 16GB trims, and the TUF Gaming gets the 16GB version.

The TUF Gaming card represents Asus’ flagship graphics card for the RX 9060 XT series, featuring a rugged militaristic design with aggressive edges, and a gunmetal color theme with silver accents. The card is a 2.5-slot design, featuring a triple-fan cooling solution with “Military-Grade Components” such as TUF-branded chokes and MOSFETS.

The Prime cards feature the same 2.5-slot form factor and a similar triple-fan cooler design as the TUF Gaming model. Most notably, the card’s aesthetic is radically different, boasting a less aggressive black finish with a very round shroud on the edges. The Prime models boast a look that works in both non-gaming and gaming-focused builds.

The Dual model represents Asus’ entry-level and only dual-fan cooling solution for its RX 9060 XT graphics card lineup. The card has the same 2.5 slot design as its triple-fan counterparts but is much shorter thanks to its dual-fan cooler design. The card boasts a stealthy black color scheme and no RGB lighting.

Gigabyte

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Gigabyte is only offering one RX 9060 XT model at this time, that being a RX 9060 XT Gaming sporting a triple-fan cooler design. Gigabyte is offering four versions of this specific model, an 8GB SKU, 16GB SKU and factory overclocked versions of both.

With other GPUs, Gigabyte’s Gaming series represents its mid-range solution usually sandwiched between the Windforce and Eagle series below and the Aorus series above. The cooler is comprised of a triple-fan cooling solution with composite copper heat pipes and a copper plate connecting the GPU, VRAM and heatsink together. Power delivery is comprised of lower RDS(on) MOSFETs and ESR solid capacitors.

The card also uses Gigabyte’s “server-grade” thermal conductive gel that has been prone to leaking in the past, but does not affect reliability (the issue has also since been allegedly solved by Gigabyte). The exterior is largely minimalistic sporting a rugged-esque grey finish with minimal RGB lighting.

We have not heard if Gigabyte will be releasing other variants of the RX 9060 XT, but at least for now, the Gaming cards will be its sole RX 9060 XT model.

ASRock

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ASRock has two RX 9060 XT models in total, a Steel Legend variant, which features a white triple-fan cooler design, and a Challenger model, which is its budget-friendly dual-fan scounterpart. All of ASRock’s RX 9060 XT GPUs are factory overclocked.

The Steel Legend currently serves as ASRock’s flagship model featuring two sub-models, an 8GB model and a 16GB model. The card comes with the Steel Legend’s traditional white color scheme with a white shroud accompanied by RGB illuminated fans and grey accents.

Cooling is comprised of a nickel-plated copper base and ultra-fit heat pipes sandwiched very close to each other near the contact point to maximize thermal efficiency. The card also uses high-density metal welding, which allegedly improves heat dissipation. Power delivery is comprised of a Dr. MOS integrated power stage solution and premium power chokes.

Similar to the Nitro+, the Steel Legend comes with an ARGB header internally, enabling the GPU to control dedicated ARGB equipment. This feature is particuarly useful on older motherboards that lack ARGB headers altogether.

The Challeger represents ASRock’s budget-friendly solution, and is the smallest of the two GPUs sporting a dual-fan cooler design. The card comes in a black finish with minimal RGB lighting and some grey accents for extra flair.

The card features the same high-density metal welding and ultra-fit heatpipes as the Steel Legend but trimmed down in a more compact cooling solution. Power delivery is comprised of a Dr.MOS power stages solution and premium 90A power chokes.

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AMD unveils Radeon RX 9060 XT at Computex 2025

by admin May 21, 2025

AMD has unveiled its 9060 XT GPU at Computex 2025. The midrange GPU will be the clear competitor to Nvidia’s 5060 Ti and goes toe-to-toe with it on almost every spec. Built on AMD’s 4-nanometer RDNA 4 silicon, the 9060 XT will pack 32 compute units, along with 64 dedicated AI accelerators and 32 ray-tracing cores.

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Notably, the RX 9060 XT will ship in 8GB and 16GB GDDR6 versions, whereas Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti uses faster 28 Gb/s GDDR7, delivering roughly 40 percent more bandwidth (448 GB/s vs. approximately 322 GB/s) on the same 128-bit bus. We’ll have to wait for some side-by-side performance comparisons before drawing any strong conclusions from those specs.

AMD has listed the 9060 XT’s boost clock at speeds up to 3.13 GHz. The GPU boasts 821 TOPS for AI workloads and will draw a modest 150 to 182 watts from the board. The card will connect via PCIe 5.0 x16 and supports the now-standard DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b. Based on these initial specs, the 9060 XT should be a solid entry for games running at 1080p and a decent option for those at 1440p. Those wishing to play at 4K should still opt for the Radeon RX 9070 or 9070 XT.

Pricing and exact release timelines have not yet been announced.

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AMD launches Radeon AI Pro R9700 to challenge Nvidia’s AI market dominance

by admin May 21, 2025

AMD has been busy at Computex 2025, where the chipmaker unveiled the exciting Radeon RX 9060 XT and the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series. To cap off its series of announcements, AMD is thrilled to introduce the Radeon AI Pro R9700, a PCIe 5.0 graphics card designed specifically for professional and workstation users.

RDNA 4 is an architecture geared towards gaming, but that doesn’t mean AMD can’t apply it to professional-grade graphics cards. For instance, RDNA 3 saw the mainstream Radeon RX 7000 series successfully coexisting with the Radeon Pro W7000 series. The same situation will occur with RDNA 4. AMD has already unveiled four RDNA 4-powered gaming graphics cards, yet the Radeon AI Pro R9700 is the first RDNA 4 professional graphics card to enter the market. The new workstation graphics card aims to replace the RDNA 3-powered Radeon Pro W7800, which has been faithfully catering to consumers since 2023.

The Radeon AI Pro R9700 utilizes the Navi 48 silicon. It’s currently the largest RDNA 4 silicon to date, with a die size of 357 mm² and home to 53.9 billion transistors. Navi 48 is also found in the Radeon RX 9070 series. It’s a substantially smaller silicon than the last-generation Navi 31 silicon, which is 529 mm² with 57.7 billion transistors. It’s nothing short of impressive that Navi 48 is roughly 33% smaller but still has 93% of the transistors of Navi 31.

AMD Radeon AI Pro R9700 Specifications

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Graphics Card

Radeon AI Pro R9700

Radeon Pro W7800

Architecture

Navi 48

Navi 31

Process Technology

TSMC N4P

TSMC N5 / N6

Transistors (Billion)

53.9

57.7

Die size (mm²)

357

529

SMs / CUs

GPU Shaders (ALUs)

4,096

4,480

Tensor / AI Cores

128

140

Ray Tracing Cores

Boost Clock (MHz)

2,525

VRAM Speed (Gbps)

VRAM (GB)

32 / 48

VRAM Bus Width

256-bit / 384-bit

L2 / Infinity Cache (MB)

64 ⁄ 96

Render Output Units

128

Texture Mapping Units

256

280

TFLOPS FP32 (Boost)

45.3

TFLOPS FP16 (INT4/FP4 TOPS)

90.5

Bandwidth (GB/s)

576 / 864

TBP (watts)

300

260 / 281

Launch Date

July 2025

April 2023

Launch Price

$2,499 / ?

AMD, being AMD as usual, didn’t reveal the Radeon AI Pro R9700’s entire specifications. However, the chipmaker did boast about the graphics card’s 128 AI accelerators, meaning it’s leveraging the full Navi 48 silicon. That means the Radeon AI Pro R9700 is rocking 4,096 SPs, 9% fewer than the Radeon Pro W7800. It also correlates to the former having 9% less AI accelerators. In the Radeon AI Pro R9700 ‘s defense, the CUs are RDNA 4, and the AI accelerators are second generation.

Regarding FP16 performance, the Radeon AI Pro R9700 peaks at 96 TFLOPS, 6% faster than the Radeon Pro W7800. AMD rates the graphics card with a 1,531 TOPS of AI performance.

AMD claims the Radeon AI Pro R9700 offers 2X improved performance over the Radeon Pro W7800 in DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B. For some strange reason, AMD compared the Radeon AI Pro R9700 to the GeForce RTX 5080. Tested in a few large AI models, the Radeon AI Pro R9700 delivered up to 5X higher performance than the RTX 5080.

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The Radeon AI Pro R9700 is equipped with 32GB of GDDR6 memory. AMD has not disclosed the specifications regarding the speed of the memory chips or the width of the memory interface. Given that the Radeon Pro W7800 features 18 Gbps GDDR6, it is reasonable to conclude that the Radeon AI Pro R9700 should utilize memory chips with superior speed.

With 32GB of onboard memory, the Radeon AI Pro R9700 can tackle most AI models. It has the capacity of the Radeon Pro W7800, but not as much as the 48GB variant. The Radeon AI Pro R9700’s typical blower-type design will enable users to rock up to four of them inside a single system, such as AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper platform, which has good multi-GPU support. With four of them, users will have access to 128GB, more than enough for heavy models that exceed 100GB of VRAM usage.

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The Radeon AI Pro R9700 has a 300W TBP (Total Board Power). It’s 15% greater than the Radeon Pro W7800 32GB and 7% higher than the Radeon Pro W7800 48GB. Similar to most workstation-grade graphics cards, the Radeon AI Pro R9700 has the power connector at the rear. However, AMD has not indicated the type of power connector it employs, and it’s not visible in the provided renders. Considering the 300W rating, we would anticipate it to require two 8-pin PCIe power connectors. The Radeon AI Pro R9700 renders illustrate the graphics card featuring four DisplayPort outputs. Since it utilizes the RDNA 4 architecture, these outputs should conform to the 2.1a standard.

AMD has announced that the Radeon AI Pro R9700 will launch in July, but it has not revealed pricing details. In contrast, the Radeon Pro W7800 debuted at $2,499 two years ago and has maintained most of its value, currently priced at $2,399. We will soon learn the price of the Radeon AI Pro R9700 as its launch approaches in just a couple of months. AMD anticipates a healthy supply of the Radeon AI Pro R9700 from its partners, including ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire, XFX, and Yeston.

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AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT Could Do Budget GPUs Better Than Nvidia

by admin May 21, 2025

In the battle of the low-end, 60-class graphics cards, AMD wants to see if it can pull off the same sucker punch of price and performance it gave Nvidia during the launch of its mid-range GPUs. The graphics card maker offered the first, sparse details on its Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics processors late Tuesday at Computex. The card may offer enough power for your PC to hit solid gaming performance at 1440p resolution, similar to the $450 Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, on cheaper gaming rigs. The real inflection point of this latest card will be whether you can actually buy it for its base price.

The Radeon RX 9060 XT is the step down in GPU performance from the RX 9070 that AMD launched back in March. It’s based on the same RDNA 4 microarchitecture of the mid-range cards, but with 32 of the company’s latest compute units compared to the 56 on the higher-end card. The GPU comes with two options: one with 8 GB and another with 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. The version with more memory will be better for your rig long-term, especially if you plan to hook your PC up to a 1440p monitor and run the latest, more graphically intensive games.

AMD did not offer us the full range of specs, which makes it hard to pin down just where this GPU will land in terms of raw performance compared to Nvidia’s latest cards. While the number of RDNA 4 compute units—the core clusters on AMD cards that process the thousands of calculations necessary for graphically intensive tasks—offers a vague impression of performance compared to the RX 9070, AMD didn’t provide any charts to compare FPS between games. The GPU runs on a 3.13GHz boost clock and has between 150W and 182W of board power compared to the 2.54 GHz clock and 304W board power on the company’s Radeon RX 9070 XT.

Without a price tag, it’s impossible to judge how much of a step down the latest card is compared to the RX 9070. AMD didn’t offer any word on a non-XT variant, either. The card will require a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, the same as its other cards. AMD doesn’t craft its own GPUs and instead relies on AIC (add-in card) makers to produce its cards. We’ll update this article if AMD announces details on price or availability during its Computex keynote.

The crown jewel of AMD’s current lineup of graphics cards is the RX 9070 XT. AMD made headlines when it set the suggested sale price of the GPU at $600, only $50 more than the 9070, but it packs enough performance to get playable framerates out of multiple intensive games at 4K with a fair amount of ray tracing settings turned up. Unfortunately, because of a combination of tariffs and stock woes, the 9070 XT ended up priced at over $800 and as high as $1,000 at some online retailers.

We’ve seen prices fluctuate regularly over the past several months, but a near 20% price inflation to what should be a mid-range card is simply too much to stomach. However, the lower-end GPUs are faring better. The RTX 5060 Ti MSRP is set at $450, and the lowest price we’ve seen so far is $480. The $300 RTX 5060 is sitting closer to $320 from some AIC makers like Gigabyte. A fair number of Nvidia’s lowest-end GPUs are currently listed as “Out of Stock” or “Coming Soon” on sites like Newegg and Best Buy. Those buying a lower-end GPU are more price sensitive than people who can drop $2,000 on an RTX 5090 without blinking. AMD has even more impetus to set a price people can afford, and make sure it can keep costs level when the card finally hits store shelves.

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May 21, 2025 0 comments