AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB Review ft. ASUS

1. Introduction2. Meet the ASUS RX 9060 XT Prime 16GB3. Testing Methodology4. Alan Wake II5. Black Myth: Wukong6. Cyberpunk 20777. Dragon Age: The Veilguard8. Final Fantasy XVI9. Ghost of Tsushima10. Horizon Forbidden West11. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II12. A Plague Tale: Requiem13. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart14. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 215. Starfield16. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)17. Cost Per Frame Analysis18. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II19. Ray Tracing: Black Myth: Wukong20. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207721. Ray Tracing: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle22. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart23. Ray Tracing: Returnal24. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider25. Ray Tracing: Star Wars Outlaws26. Ray Tracing Performance Summary27. AI & Productivity Benchmarks28. Clock Speed29. GPU Temperatures30. Memory Temperatures31. Acoustics32. Power Draw: 1080p33. Power Draw: 1440p34. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)35. Performance per Watt: 1080p36. Performance per Watt: 1440p37. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)38. Total System Power Draw39. Closing Thoughts40. View All Pages

Here we present frame rate figures for each graphics card, averaged across all 12 games on test today. We've recently switched to using the geometric mean instead of the arithmetic mean for overall performance, given it provides a more accurate and balanced representation of GPU performance across different games.

Overall then, at 1080p our 12-game geomean data shows the RX 9060 XT 16GB to be dead level with the RX 7700 XT, 4% faster than the 5060 Ti 8GB, but then 6% slower than the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB – although that's pretty good considering the difference in MSRP.

It's a capable 1440p GPU, too, still about level with the 7700 XT but now 8% faster than the 5060 Ti 8GB, or 7% slower than the 5060 Ti 16GB. We've not spoken too much about the RX 7600 XT today either, but as the realistic predecessor to the the 9060 XT 16GB, the new GPU is 38% faster.

Versus RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

To look into the comparison versus the 5060 Ti 16GB a little closer, the 9060 XT 16GB proved slower in eight of the twelve games tested. While it was faster in the other four, three of those four showed differences of less than 5%, with Ghost of Tsushima being the only game where the AMD GPU was noticeably faster.

At 1440p the 9060 XT 16GB scales just slightly worse compared to the 5060 Ti 16GB, we saw it come in 7% slower on average, but four of the twelve games show it behind by more than a 10% margin.

Versus RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

The comparison versus the 5060 Ti 8GB is a different story however – some games still perform the same, but there's a couple of clear examples where – even at 1080p! – an 8GB VRAM buffer just does not cut it anymore, resulting in huge wins for the 9060 XT 16GB.

Those trends are only exacerbated at 1440p, too – just look at that result for Forbidden West!

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