AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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
112
59
47
28
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High89155
1080p Ultra68127
1440p Ultra4794
4K Ultra2555
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy763316983
Solar Bayn/a64114
Port Royaln/a9710
Fire Strike2231039013
Night Raid86630155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur123.2 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection71.4 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7670.6 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark8701191
DirectX 1196 fps187 fps
DirectX 1252 fps57 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fpsn/a
Car Chase465.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex1882.8 fpsn/a
ALU 22438.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2278.9n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename Navi 10 Navi 44
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2048
TMUs 144 128
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 32
Ray Tracing Cores No 32
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 150 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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