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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB shadows the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB in leaked benchmarks — only 5% slower despite big price difference

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Still winds up 35% faster than the RX 7600 XT.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
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AMD's RX 9060 XT 16GB appears to lag behind Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti in leaked review benchmarks from Eteknix. Despite the video being quickly removed due to an embargo breach, a Reddit user, via VideoCardz, managed to capture several snapshots, unraveling the most important metrics. While these thorough and detailed performance charts appear to be authentic, we suggest you wait for official reviews.

The RX 9060 XT is AMD's direct response to Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti family, similarly fragmented into 8GB and 16GB flavors, coming in at $299 and $349, respectively. Based on AMD's internal performance evaluations, the RX 9060 XT 16GB is poised to deliver 6% better performance than the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, at 1440p Ultra. Aside from pricing, this isn't an entirely fair comparison, as we're aware how an 8GB framebuffer can cripple performance in VRAM-intensive titles.

Based on the shared slides, the reviewer has compiled a comprehensive list of numerous GPUs, presenting their performance data at both 1080p (shared by VideoCardz) and 1440p (shared on Reddit) resolutions. Across an average of 10 games at 1080p, the RX 9060 XT reportedly delivers 187 FPS, falling 3% behind the RTX 5060 Ti at 194 FPS. It does reach parity with the RX 7700 XT (186 FPS), while beating its direct predecessor, the RX 7600 XT 16GB, by 35%.

Leaked 9060XT benchmarks (10 game average) from r/radeon

Moving over to 1440p, the RX 9060 XT drops to 134 FPS, now 5% short of the RTX 5060 Ti at 142 FPS and 3% slower than the RX 7700 XT at 139 FPS. Nonetheless, it still manages to maintain its 35% lead over the RX 7600 XT. This is an impressive showdown by AMD, but we'll hold off on price-to-performance comparisons until we're certain AMD can supply these GPUs in ample quantities at their stated MSRP, something the RTX 5060 series struggles with.

On a theoretical basis, AMD's option is 20% more affordable, while only sacrificing approximately 5% of the performance. While AMD has made ground with FSR 4, Nvidia still reigns supreme in terms of software, with its comprehensive CUDA platform, and other exclusives like RTX VSR (Video Super Resolution), HDR, Multi Frame Generation, Smooth Motion, among others. This adds to the inherent value Nvidia offers, as AMD still lacks alternatives for most of these features.

A quick check at Best Buy shows most RTX 5060 Ti 16GB models are currently selling around the $500 mark, so AMD has a lot of flexibility and headroom if it can ensure a consistent supply at launch and in the weeks to come.

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Hassam Nasir
Hassam Nasir
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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.

16 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Notton
    The current USA street pricing for an in-stock 5060Ti 16GB is $480, or 11.6% over MSRP.
    If a similar pricing trend happens with the 9060XT 16GB, it will be: $350+11.6%=$390.69

    If the 9060XT(16GB) is 5% slower than a 5060Ti(16GB), the most you should ever fork out is $430 * 0.95 = $408.5.

    The one consolation that it is a straight upgrade over a 7700XT, which doesn't get FSR4 or 16GB VRAM.
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  • jeremyj_83
    Notton said:
    If the 9060XT(16GB) is 5% slower than a 5060Ti(16GB), the most you should ever fork out is $430 * 0.95 = $408.5.
    That is only if the 5060Ti is selling at MSRP. Since they are currently selling at $480, that increases the price/performance to $455. After that price then you are in the negative price/performance.
    Reply
  • Blastomonas
    Anyone else think that the extra Nvidia features argument is over played?
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  • artk2219
    Blastomonas said:
    Anyone else think that the extra Nvidia features argument is over played?
    For the most part, but there could definitely be situations where it could be beneficial, its very much a case by case and user by user basis.
    Reply
  • FunSurfer
    So... the RX 9060 XT is actually 5% FASTER on PCIe 4.0 interface as the RTX 5060 Ti is up to 10% slower on PCIe 4.0 due to x8 half bandwidth...
    The RX 9060 XT is perfect for older PCIe 4.0 systems, as it will start to bottleneck most PCIe 5.0 systems' CPUs.
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  • jeremyj_83
    FunSurfer said:
    The RX 9060 XT is perfect for older PCIe 4.0 systems, as it will start to bottleneck most PCIe 5.0 systems' CPUs.
    It doesn't matter how much hardware you have in a computer you will always have a bottleneck somewhere. You could run a 9950X3D (or 9800X3D) with a 5090 and 32GB DDR5-8400 RAM with a RAID 0 PCIe 5 array and you will have a bottleneck somewhere.
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  • Elusive Ruse
    I will wait for Jarred’s review and a few other reviewers I trust before forming my opinion. I assume the embargo expires on Wednesday.
    Reply
  • baboma
    Videocardz has a more updated review leak that shows 9060XT/16 to be slightly slower than 5060Ti/16 at avg FPS, but slightly faster at 1% lows. In other words, they're basically equivalent in perf.

    https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-review-leak-beats-rtx-5060-ti-in-lows-loses-in-averages
    Prelim pricing indicates MSRP will actually be viable for both, at least for some outlets. So question boils down to whether the DLSS (and CUDA) premium is worth the $80 or 23% price difference ($349 vs $429).

    IMO, bang/buck slightly favors 9060XT, but it's a toss-up.

    At the 8GB segment, 9060XT/8 will compete against 5060. The Radeon will be faster at same pricing, but slightly worse upscaling. As before, Radeon has better value, but Nvidia has better brand strength. Nvidia will likely continue to dominate sales.
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  • FunSurfer
    jeremyj_83 said:
    It doesn't matter how much hardware you have in a computer you will always have a bottleneck somewhere. You could run a 9950X3D (or 9800X3D) with a 5090 and 32GB DDR5-8400 RAM with a RAID 0 PCIe 5 array and you will have a bottleneck somewhere.
    I meant that 9060XT is more suitable for Ryzen 5800x or 5600x for balanced performance, and not fast enough for Ryzen 7600x and above.
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  • rluker5
    Blastomonas said:
    Anyone else think that the extra Nvidia features argument is over played?
    You could run DLSS quality vs native for AMD for the hundreds of games that feature DLSS but not FSR4 and the average fps would be quite a bit different but image quality not so much. Especially at 4k.
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