AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Benchmarks Show Promising Gains Over RX 7600 XT

New benchmark results from Geekbench reveal that AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 9060 XT with 16GB of memory outperforms its predecessor, the RX 7600 XT, by 25–31% in synthetic tests. The GPU was tested on a system featuring the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Master motherboard.

In the Geekbench results, the RX 9060 XT scored 109,315 points in OpenCL and 124,251 in Vulkan. These scores reflect a notable performance boost — up to 31% — compared to the RX 7600 XT.

How It Compares

Despite the gains, the RX 9060 XT is still behind higher-end models. It lags behind the RX 9070 XT by around 31.2% and trails the RX 9070 by 24.4%. When compared to NVIDIA’s offerings, things get more complicated. The RX 9060 XT is 11% slower than the RTX 5060 in OpenCL but pulls ahead by 5% in Vulkan. Due to differences in architecture and driver optimization, direct comparisons between AMD and NVIDIA cards in synthetic benchmarks aren’t always reliable.

Real-World Expectations

While synthetic benchmarks don’t fully show the impact of VRAM capacity or advanced features like ray tracing and upscaling, they give a rough idea of expected performance. According to VideoCardz, these tests don’t assess DirectX or ray tracing capabilities, which are important for newer games.

AMD says the RX 9060 XT 8GB targets gamers and esports players at 1080p resolution. However, with games becoming more demanding, 8GB might start to feel limited in the near future.