AMD Radeon RX 9060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD Radeon RX 9060 $249
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
1792 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
2990MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
685.83 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
21.43 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP16
42.86 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
132W
TDP
107W
Power Connectors
-
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal 90
15%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 4
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
Radeon RX 9000
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
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Navi 44
Variant
Navi 44 XL
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
8/5/2025
Release Date
1/19/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N4P
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Die Size
153 mm²
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Transistor Count
29.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
194.12M/mm²
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1792 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
56 T-Cores
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-
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
28 CUs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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2400MHz Base
2990MHz
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
685.83 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
-
-
-
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-
FP8
85.73 TFLOPS
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
171.46 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
171.46 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
42.86 TFLOPS
42.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
42.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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-
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-
FP32
21.43 TFLOPS
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-
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
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-
FP64
670 GFLOPS
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FP64
360 GFLOPS
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BF16
42.86 TFLOPS
42.86 TFLOPS Tensor
85.73 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
342.92 TOPS Tensor
685.83 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
-
171.46 TOPS Tensor
342.92 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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-
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INT32
10.72 TOPS
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-
-
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-
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Pixel Fillrate
191.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
334.88 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
L0
64KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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256KB/Array
L1
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128KB/Array
L2
4MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
32MB Shared
1.13TB/s
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
8GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
288GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
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TDP
132W
TDP
107W
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-
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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-
Max Resolution
15360x8640
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 4.0
No Encoders
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Codec
-
-
-
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Model
VCN 4.0
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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-
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
AV1
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-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
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GFX
12
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Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
204 mm (8.03 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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