AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB $349
PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX $180
2048 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
3130MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
820.51 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
25.64 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP16
51.28 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
160W
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 65
11%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
PowerColor
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 XT
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
5/20/2025
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
2048 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
64 T-Cores
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-
Ray-Tracing Cores
32 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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-
Compute Units
32 CUs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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-
2530MHz Base
3130MHz
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-
2610MHz Base
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
820.51 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
-
-
-
-
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-
FP8
102.56 TFLOPS
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
205.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
205.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
51.28 TFLOPS
51.28 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
51.28 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
FP32
25.64 TFLOPS
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-
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
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-
FP64
800 GFLOPS
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FP64
360 GFLOPS
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BF16
51.28 TFLOPS
51.28 TFLOPS Tensor
102.56 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
410.26 TOPS Tensor
820.51 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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-
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INT8
-
205.13 TOPS Tensor
410.26 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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-
-
-
INT32
12.82 TOPS
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-
-
-
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
200.32 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
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-
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Texture Fillrate
400.64 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
16GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
-
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2500MHz
Transfer Rate
20GT/s
Bandwidth
320GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
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TDP
160W
TDP
107W
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-
Temp
110°C Max
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2x 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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-
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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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-
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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
-
-
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
-
-
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
125 mm (4.92 in)
Width
165 mm (6.5 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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