Although Nvidia released both its RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti earlier this year, AMD didn’t do the same with its RX 9060 series. We only got to see the 9060 XT, but now, the company has unveiled the non-XT model after early support was spotted last month. Along with the unveiling, AMD has provided some benchmarks, so let’s figure out how performance compares to the XT.

A new graphics driver has also been released. Adrenalin Edition 25.8.1 release notes reveal new product support for the RX 9060, as well as a bunch of new game support, including the Battlefield 6 open beta. We’ve also finally got the promised FSR 4 driver for Cyberpunk 2077 – much needed, given the buggy implementation we had before.

How does RX 9060 compare to the 9060 XT?

AMD has quietly launched the RX 9060, and the likely reason for this (as pointed out by Tom’s Hardware) is that the card will be installed in “select system integrators only,” in other words, prebuilt PCs. The non-XT is positioned as an entry-level 8GB GPU for 1080p gaming, as we can see from the native 1080p ultra settings benchmarks laid out by AMD on its website.

AMD’s first-party benchmarks for the RX 9060 XT (16GB) are for 1440p gaming, and the 8GB model has no specific benchmarks listed, outside of performance uplift (%) versus the RX 7600. As such, it’s hard to make direct comparisons between the two before reviewers get hold of the new non-XT model and can compare them under the same test conditions. AMD notes that the 9060 was paired with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32GB of RAM on an ASUS B650E motherboard for in-house results.

We haven’t yet reviewed the RX 9060 XT, and browsing various reviewers online gives mixed results when trying to compare the 8GB RX 9060 XT with the RX 9060 at 1080p based on AMD’s in-house benchmarks. For example, TechPowerUp’s review of an 8GB 9060 XT shows the card averages 138.6 FPS in F1 24 at max settings, but AMD claims the non-XT will manage 50 more than that.

Either way, the RX 9060 is a 1080p gaming graphics card, and its 8GB of VRAM is already outdated if it wants to take on 1440p gaming in more modern titles. Sadly, since the GPU will likely only be available in prebuilt systems, we may have to wait a while before it is widely tested by hardware reviewers. We don’t yet know when the RX 9060 will be available.

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