AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 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
130
72
58
38
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High106155
1080p Ultra83127
1440p Ultra5994
4K Ultra3155
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy942516983
Solar Bayn/a64114
Port Royaln/a9710
Fire Strike2753539013
Night Raid103141155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur148 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark9211191
DirectX 11117 fps187 fps
DirectX 1265 fps57 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase606.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex2407 fpsn/a
ALU 23024.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2576.4n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename Navi 10 Navi 44
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2048
TMUs 160 128
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 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 225 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 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 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.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (42.86%)
4 (57.14%)
Total Votes: 7

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