AMD has officially unveiled the Radeon RX 9060, a new entry-level graphics card designed to deliver robust 1080p gaming performance. Announced alongside a new Adrenalin driver update, this GPU is based on AMD’s cutting-edge RDNA 4 architecture and targets budget-conscious gamers and system integrators. Unlike its sibling, the Radeon RX 9060 XT, the RX 9060 is exclusively available through select system integrators, meaning it won’t be sold directly to consumers in retail channels.
The Radeon RX 9060 is built on the Navi 44 XL die, a lower-binned variant of the Navi 44 chip used in the RX 9060 XT. It features 28 Compute Units (CUs), translating to 1,792 Stream Processors, 112 Texture Mapping Units, and 64 Render Output Units (ROPs). This represents a 12.5% reduction in CUs compared to the RX 9060 XT’s 32 CUs and 2,048 Stream Processors. The GPU is paired with 8GB of GDDR6 memory running at 18 Gbps across a 128-bit memory bus, delivering approximately 288 GB/s of bandwidth—about 10% less than the RX 9060 XT’s 320 GB/s. The card’s Total Board Power (TBP) is rated at 132W, recommending a 450W power supply, making it an efficient option for compact systems. The RX 9060 supports PCIe 5.0 x16 for enhanced bandwidth, a step up from the PCIe 4.0 x8 interfaces used in previous AMD x600-series cards like the RX 7600 XT.
AMD’s marketing highlights the RX 9060’s ability to deliver exceptional frame rates at native 1080p resolution with ultra settings, without relying on frame generation technologies like FSR 4. The company has released performance figures for several modern titles, showcasing the card’s capabilities:
Assassin’s Creed Mirage: 108 FPS
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: 98 FPS
DOOM Eternal (Ray Tracing): 153 FPS
Dragon Age: The Veilguard: 67 FPS
F1 24: 188 FPS
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered: 106 FPS
God of War: Ragnarok: 120 FPS
Resident Evil 4 (Ray Tracing): 100 FPS
AMD positions the Radeon RX 9060 as a capable 1080p gaming solution, claiming it can deliver over 100 FPS at ultra settings in select titles without relying on frame generation technologies. For instance, the RX 9060 XT 8GB model achieved 100–120 FPS in God of War: Ragnarok at native 1080p ultra settings when paired with a Ryzen 9 9800X3D, though the non-XT version is expected to be slightly slower due to its reduced core count and clock speeds.
The RX 9060 features fewer ray accelerators and AI cores compared to the XT variant, which may impact ray tracing and AI-driven workloads, such as those leveraging FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 3.1. However, for gamers prioritizing high frame rates at 1080p without heavy reliance on ray tracing, the RX 9060 offers a compelling balance of performance and efficiency. The cost and availability are still unclear.
Source : AMD