Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High136155
1080p Ultra114127
1440p Ultra8594
4K Ultra4855
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1370116983
Solar Bay6321464114
Port Royal85959710
Fire Strike3761239013
Night Raid111626155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur209.1 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark11521191
DirectX 11199 fps187 fps
DirectX 1277 fps57 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename GB206-250 Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2048
TMUs 120 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 30 32
Ray Tracing Cores 30 32
Tensor Cores 120 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 145 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 No
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
7 (41.18%)
10 (58.82%)
Total Votes: 17

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