I. Introduction
Strictly speaking, the fairest competitor to the GeForce RTX 5060 is the Radeon RX 9060, but since the latter has not yet been officially released, a true next-gen entry-level GPU face-off will have to wait.
This article compares the gaming performance of the GeForce RTX 5060 and the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB. While the outcome is predictable, the real point of interest is: just how much faster is the RX 9060 XT than the RTX 5060? This article aims to provide that answer.
II. Specifications Comparison
The Radeon RX 9060 XT was launched on June 4, 2025, using the Navi 44 GPU based on the RDNA 4 architecture, manufactured with TSMC’s 4nm process. It features 2,048 shaders, 128 texture units, 64 raster units, 32 compute units, and 32 ray tracing units.
It includes 4MB of L2 cache and 32MB of L3 cache. The base clock is 1,700 MHz, and the boost clock reaches up to 3,130 MHz. It has a 128-bit memory interface and comes with 8GB or 16GB of GDDR6 running at 20.1 Gbps, resulting in a memory bandwidth of 322.3 GB/s. The power consumption is 160W. The 8GB version is priced at $299, and the 16GB version at $349.
The GeForce RTX 5060 was launched on May 19, 2025, using the GB206 GPU built on the Blackwell architecture and TSMC’s 4nm process. It features 3,840 CUDA cores, 120 texture units, 48 raster units, 30 streaming multiprocessors, 120 tensor cores, and 30 ray tracing cores. It has 32MB of L2 cache.
Its base clock is 2,280 MHz, with a boost clock up to 2,497 MHz. It comes with 8GB of GDDR7 memory running at 28 Gbps, with a 128-bit interface and a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. The FP32 compute performance is 19.18 TFLOPS. Power consumption is 145W, and the suggested retail price is $299.
III. Test Platform Configuration
Main hardware specs:
- Processor: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Motherboard: Gigabyte AORUS B650 Elite AX
- Memory: 32GB DDR5-6000
- Graphics Cards: GeForce RTX 5060 8GB and Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
- Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 4TB SSD
IV. Game Testing (RX 9060 XT vs RTX 5060)
Seven games were tested at 1080P resolution. In the comparison images, the left represents the GeForce RTX 5060 platform, and the right represents the Radeon RX 9060 XT platform.
Game 1: Alan Wake II
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 74, Min FPS 55, Frame Time 14.3ms
Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 102, Min FPS 77, Frame Time 9.6ms
RX 9060 XT leads by 28 FPS (~38%), 22 FPS higher minimum, and ~5ms better frame time.
Game 2: Cyberpunk 2077
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 102, Min FPS 77, Frame Time 11.9ms
Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 113, Min FPS 87, Frame Time 9.5ms
RX 9060 XT leads by 11 FPS (~11%), 10 FPS higher minimum, ~2ms better frame time.
Game 3: Red Dead Redemption 2
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 97, Min FPS 83, Frame Time 11.5ms
Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 114, Min FPS 92, Frame Time 9.3ms
RX 9060 XT leads by 17 FPS (~18%), 9 FPS higher minimum, ~2.2ms better frame time.
Game 4: The Witcher 3
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 102, Min FPS 82, Frame Time 8.1ms
Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 115, Min FPS 100, Frame Time 8.2ms
RX 9060 XT leads by 13 FPS (~13%), 18 FPS higher minimum, frame time nearly equal.
Game 5: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 102, Min FPS 53, Frame Time 9.1ms
Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 153, Min FPS 115, Frame Time 5.7ms
RX 9060 XT leads by 51 FPS (~50%), 62 FPS higher minimum, 3.4ms better frame time — significant lead.
Game 6: Black Myth: Wukong
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 69, Min FPS 56, Frame Time 14.9ms
Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 63, Min FPS 52, Frame Time 12.2ms
RTX 5060 leads by 6 FPS (~10%), 4 FPS higher minimum, though RX 9060 XT has ~2.7ms better frame time — small win for RTX 5060.
Game 7: The Last of Us Part II
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 81, Min FPS 59, Frame Time 10.7ms
Radeon RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 78, Min FPS 57, Frame Time 11.2ms
RTX 5060 leads by 3 FPS (~4%), 2 FPS higher minimum, frame time roughly equal — effectively a tie with slight edge to RTX 5060.
V. Comparative Conclusion
Overall, compared to the GeForce RTX 5060, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB shows a clear and significant advantage, offering a noticeably higher level of gaming performance. Although its power consumption is generally several dozen watts higher, its temperatures are actually lower.
Based on the data above, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB delivers approximately 26% higher overall gaming performance than the GeForce RTX 5060. This conclusion is for reference only. A follow-up comparison of their 1440P (2K) gaming performance will be shared soon, along with a fair and objective final verdict. Stay tuned.
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