RX 9060 XT Roundup: ASRock, PowerColor and Sapphire Tested!

1. Introduction2. ASRock RX 9060 XT Steel Legend3. PowerColor RX 9060 XT Hellhound4. Sapphire RX 9060 XT Nitro+5. Testing Methodology6. Game Benchmarks7. Clock Speed8. GPU Temperatures9. Acoustics10. Noise-Normalised Temperatures11. Power Draw and Efficiency12. Overclocking13. Closing Thoughts14. View All Pages

Following on from our stock thermal and acoustic testing, here we re-test the operating temperature of the GPU, but with noise levels normalised to 40dBa. This allows us to measure the efficiency of the overall cooling solution as varying noise levels as a result of more aggressive fan curves are no longer a factor.

Things are still very close overall when looking at our noise-normalised thermal results. The Steel Legend does claim a narrow victory here, but with just 5C separating top from bottom when looking at the GPU temperature, I'm not convinced that would make a meaningful difference over the lifespan of these cards. In short, all four models tests offer very capable coolers for dealing with the Navi 44 silicon.

Likewise, memory thermals are again very close overall when noise-normalised – once more, just 5C separates top from bottom, though it is th Steel Legend that takes victory by the slenderest of margins.

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