AMD Unveils Affordable Radeon RX 9060 XT Graphics Cards with Competitive Performance in the Budget Segment

AMD has officially launched two variants of its latest budget graphics card, the Radeon RX 9060 XT: one with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory priced at $300 and another with 16 GB at $350. In terms of pricing and performance, it directly competes with Nvidia’s RTX 5060/5060 Ti. AMD claims that the 16 GB version of the Radeon RX 9060 XT is, on average, 6% faster at 1440p resolution compared to the 8 GB RTX 5060 Ti, which has a suggested retail price of $380. The sales for the Radeon RX 9060 XT are set to commence on June 5, 2025.

AMD markets the new Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics cards as the ideal choice for gaming at 1080p with maximum settings, including ray tracing capabilities.

The RX 9060 XT will not feature a reference design; instead, all production will be entrusted to partners, which could lead to variations with enhanced cooling systems or factory overclocking.

These graphics adapters are powered by the Navi 44 chip, fabricated using a 4-nanometer process on the RDNA 4 architecture. They are equipped with 2048 stream processors, 32 ray tracing cores, and 64 AI accelerators. The 16 GB variant has a power consumption of 180W, whereas the 8 GB version consumes 150W. The memory operates over a 128-bit bus at a speed of 20 Gbps, delivering a bandwidth of up to 320 GB/s.

Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics cards support PCIe 5.0 x16, DisplayPort 2.1a, and HDMI 2.1b. They also include support for FSR 4 and the Project Redstone technology, which aims to enhance upscaling capabilities.

Additionally, AMD stated that the Radeon RX 9060 XT offers peak AI performance of 821 TOPS in INT4 operations and supports FP8 data format.

On May 19, 2025, Nvidia launched its new budget graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5060, at a starting suggested price of $300.