I. Introduction
Thanks to the impressive performance of the RX 9070 series graphics cards, many users are now eagerly anticipating the performance of the RX 9060 series. In particular, there’s hope that the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB can outperform and even crush its competitor, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, and possibly come close to matching the GeForce RTX 5070.
With that in mind, this article will compare the gaming performance of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the GeForce RTX 5070 to assess how big the performance gap is and whether the former can roughly match the latter.
II. Specifications Comparison
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB was released on June 4, 2025, featuring the Navi44 GPU, manufactured using TSMC’s 4nm process, based on the RDNA 4 architecture. It includes 2048 shaders, 128 texture units, 64 ROPs, 32 compute units, and 32 ray tracing units.
It has 4MB of L2 cache and 32MB of L3 cache. The standard clock speed is 1700MHz, with a boost clock of up to 3130MHz. It has a 128-bit memory interface and comes with either 8GB or 16GB of GDDR6 memory. The memory speed is 20.1Gbps, with a bandwidth of 322.3GB/s. Power consumption is 160W, and it is priced at $349.
GeForce RTX 5070 was released on January 6, 2025, featuring the GB205 GPU, built on TSMC’s 5nm process. It includes 6144 CUDA cores, 192 texture units, 48 SMs, 192 Tensor cores, and 48 ray tracing units.
It has 40MB of L2 cache. The base clock is 2165MHz, with a boost clock of 2510MHz. It comes with 12GB of GDDR7 memory, a 192-bit memory interface, a memory speed of 28Gbps, and a memory bandwidth of 672GB/s. FP32 floating-point performance is 30.84 TFLOPS. Power consumption is 250W, and the reference price is $549.
III. Test Platform Configuration
The main configuration is as follows:
Processor: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Motherboard: ASRock X670E PG Lightning
Memory: 32GB DDR5 6000MHz
Graphics Cards: Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and GeForce RTX 5070 12GB
Storage: Two Samsung 970 SSDs
Operating System: Windows 11
IV. Game Benchmark Tests (RX 9060 XT vs RTX 5070)
Seven games were tested at 1440P resolution. In the images, the left side represents the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB platform, and the right side represents the GeForce RTX 5070 12GB platform.
1. Ghostwire: Tokyo
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 55, Min FPS 52, Frame Time 17.8ms, CPU 9%, CPU Power 47W, Temp 49°C, RAM 11.6GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 7.1GB, GPU Power 183W, Temp 48°C
- RTX 5070: Avg FPS 70, Min FPS 64, Frame Time 14.7ms, CPU 13%, CPU Power 51W, Temp 54°C, RAM 10.4GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 6.5GB, GPU Power 217W, Temp 54°C
- Difference: RTX 5070 leads by 15 FPS (≈27%), 12 FPS higher minimum, and 3ms lower frame time.
2. God of War
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 85, Min FPS 78, Frame Time 11.1ms, CPU 11%, CPU Power 52W, Temp 49°C, RAM 13.0GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 7.1GB, GPU Power 166W, Temp 50°C
- RTX 5070: Avg FPS 127, Min FPS 113, Frame Time 7.7ms, CPU 22%, CPU Power 54W, Temp 55°C, RAM 12.7GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 6.8GB, GPU Power 207W, Temp 53°C
- Difference: RTX 5070 leads by 42 FPS (≈49%), 35 FPS higher minimum, and 4ms lower frame time.
3. Cyberpunk 2077
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 55, Min FPS 53, Frame Time 18.4ms, CPU 28%, CPU Power 65W, Temp 54°C, RAM 11.7GB, GPU Usage 97%, VRAM 7.4GB, GPU Power 166W, Temp 47°C
- RTX 5070: Avg FPS 85, Min FPS 76, Frame Time 14.3ms, CPU 38%, CPU Power 71W, Temp 66°C, RAM 13.7GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 7.3GB, GPU Power 223W, Temp 53°C
- Difference: RTX 5070 leads by 30 FPS (≈55%), 23 FPS higher minimum, and 4ms lower frame time.
4. Red Dead Redemption 2
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 98, Min FPS 80, Frame Time 9.4ms, CPU 21%, CPU Power 59W, Temp 50°C, RAM 12.9GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 6.2GB, GPU Power 181W, Temp 50°C
- RTX 5070: Avg FPS 115, Min FPS 98, Frame Time 7.2ms, CPU 23%, CPU Power 57W, Temp 48°C, RAM 11.9GB, GPU Usage 95%, VRAM 5.3GB, GPU Power 202W, Temp 51°C
- Difference: RTX 5070 leads by 17 FPS (≈17%), 18 FPS higher minimum, and 2ms lower frame time.
5. Horizon Forbidden West
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 73, Min FPS 68, Frame Time 13.2ms, CPU 25%, CPU Power 92W, Temp 67°C, RAM 15.2GB, GPU Usage 100%, VRAM 8.8GB, GPU Power 173W, Temp 49°C
- RTX 5070: Avg FPS 98, Min FPS 89, Frame Time 9.7ms, CPU 53%, CPU Power 106W, Temp 72°C, RAM 11.5GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 8.2GB, GPU Power 205W, Temp 51°C
- Difference: RTX 5070 leads by 25 FPS (≈34%), 21 FPS higher minimum, and 4ms lower frame time.
6. Black Myth: Wukong
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 26, Min FPS 25, Frame Time 38.0ms, CPU 7%, CPU Power 45W, Temp 49°C, RAM 12.1GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 7.0GB, GPU Power 174W, Temp 51°C
- RTX 5070: Avg FPS 42, Min FPS 38, Frame Time 25.0ms, CPU 10%, CPU Power 45W, Temp 49°C, RAM 12.1GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 7.1GB, GPU Power 208W, Temp 53°C
- Difference: RTX 5070 leads by 16 FPS (≈62%), 13 FPS higher minimum, and 13ms lower frame time. Both struggle with smoothness.
7. The Last of Us Part II
- RX 9060 XT: Avg FPS 60, Min FPS 51, Frame Time 16.4ms, CPU 23%, CPU Power 57W, Temp 51°C, RAM 13.5GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 9.4GB, GPU Power 158W, Temp 48°C
- RTX 5070: Avg FPS 72, Min FPS 66, Frame Time 13.5ms, CPU 26%, CPU Power 57W, Temp 55°C, RAM 12.2GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 9.1GB, GPU Power 195W, Temp 51°C
- Difference: RTX 5070 leads by 12 FPS (≈20%), 11 FPS higher minimum, and 3ms lower frame time.
V. Comparison Conclusion
The results are clear: the so-called “roughly equal” performance does not exist. The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is significantly outperformed by the GeForce RTX 5070 and is essentially in a position of being “crushed.”
Based on the overall data, the GeForce RTX 5070 delivers approximately 38% higher performance compared to the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB. That is the conclusion of this article — the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
However, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB isn’t without merit. Considering that the GeForce RTX 5070 is 57% more expensive but only 38% faster, the RX 9060 XT 16GB offers better overall value for money.
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