AMD's RX 9060 XT is official, and you can actually expect launch day reviews

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Summary

  • AMD launches the RX 9060 XT 16GB and 8GB at Computex, with a list price of $350 and $300, respectively.
  • The cards are set to arrive on June 5, and unlike the RTX 5060, AMD says you can expect launch day reviews.
  • AMD also unveiled the Radeon AI Pro R9700 with 32GB of memory, promising significant AI workload improvements.

It shouldn't come as a surprise, but AMD made the RX 9060 XT official at Computex. The GPU, which has been the topic of discussion among the rumor mill for months, comes in two flavors; one with 8GB of VRAM and another with 16GB. It's significantly cut-down compared to the excellent RX 9070 XT, but AMD still claims better price-to-performance compared to Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti. And unlike the recently launched RTX 5060, AMD says buyers can expect reviews when the card releases on June 5.

AMD continues to undercut the competition with RDNA 4

Even before testing, the RX 9060 XT already looks impressive

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As leaked shipping manifests previously revealed, AMD is releasing two versions of the RX 9060 XT, one with 8GB of VRAM and another with 16GB. They share the same GPU, however, which comes with 32 RDNA 4 Computes Units, or CUs. For reference, the RX 9070 XT comes with 64 CUs, while the weaker RX 9070 has 56. Power draw is significantly down, too, coming in at 150W for the 8GB model and 182W for the 16GB model; the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 clocked in at 304W and 220W, respectively.

The Navi 44 GPU at the heart of the RX 9060 XT is much weaker than the Navi 48 chip inside the RX 9070 XT. Although AMD didn't share hard numbers comparing the RX 9060 XT to the RX 9070 XT, AMD's David McAfee tells me performance should "somewhere in that range" of what the CU count suggests. The more interesting comparison is to the RTX 5060 Ti, however. Pitting the 16GB RX 9060 XT against the 8GB RTX 5060 Ti — both cards are around the same price — AMD says you can expect 6% better performance on average.

A like-for-like comparison — 8GB vs. 8GB, and 16GB vs. 16GB — is a different story. AMD didn't disclose exact numbers, but you can expect that slight lead to disappear when the VRAM is the same. It's hard to say with any certainty, but it looks like the RX 9060 XT will offer performance maybe a few points below the RTX 5060 Ti with the same amount of VRAM. We'll have to wait until we have our hands on the card to confirm, though.

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of these new GPUs is the price. AMD says the 16GB model clocks in at $350, while the 8GB model comes in at $300. That significantly undercuts the competition from Nvidia, with the 8GB RTX 5060 Ti coming in at $380, and the 16GB version scaling up to $430. AMD was careful to clarify that these are recommended prices, and they don't include any taxes, tariffs, or VAT.

In addition to the RX 9060 XT, AMD shared details about its Radeon AI Pro R9700, which is the first workstation card AMD has released packing its RDNA 4 architecture. It's a 32GB card that AMD says will be available in July, and the VRAM capacity appears to be its main claim to fame. AMD shared AI workloads for the R9700 against the RTX 5080, showing close to a 500% improvement in some workloads. The card, which uses the same GPU as the RX 9070 XT, will be available in July, but AMD has yet to disclose pricing details.

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