AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 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
201
136
113
85
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High179155
1080p Ultra150127
1440p Ultra11494
4K Ultra6655
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy2009816983
Solar Bay7836864114
Port Royal108559710
Fire Strike4998439013
Night Raid158067155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur300.7 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark11671191
DirectX 11249 fps187 fps
DirectX 1293 fps57 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fpsn/a
Car Chase1191.7 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fpsn/a
T-Rex3854.1 fpsn/a
ALU 26542.4 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation5363.2n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename Navi 32 Navi 44
Price 499 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2048
TMUs 240 128
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units n/a 32
Ray Tracing Cores 60 32
Tensor Cores n/a 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 263 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2438 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 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 2.1 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
5 (62.5%)
3 (37.5%)
Total Votes: 8

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