New benchmarks show close match between RX 9060 and RTX 5060
The first independent benchmarks for AMD's recently launched Radeon RX 9060 have surfaced, giving us a glimpse at the performance of this OEM-exclusive graphics card. A South Korean outlet managed to get its hands on a Sapphire model, putting it through its paces to see how it stacks up against Nvidia's low-end RTX 50-series cards and AMD's XT model.
The results from Technosaurus (via VideoCardz) show the RX 9060 is a formidable 1080p performer, landing just 2% behind the GeForce RTX 5060 on average across a suite of games. This makes the two cards virtually indistinguishable in terms of real-world performance.
Against the lower-end RTX 5050, the RX 9060 storms ahead, offering over 20% more performance. Perhaps most surprisingly, the review shows the RX 9060 XT is only about 6% faster than the non-XT model. The tests were conducted with both an entry-level Ryzen 5 7500F (paired with RTX 5050) and a high-end Ryzen 7 9800X3D (with the RTX 5060 and RX 9060 XT).
The reviewer noted a few other interesting details. The Sapphire RX 9060 model is physically smaller than its XT counterpart, featuring a more compact custom cooler. It was also discovered that the card was already supported by older AMD drivers, suggesting it had been ready for launch for some time.
KitGuru says: Would you like to see the Radeon RX 9060 in the DIY market? If they were available in retailers, how do you think these graphics cards should be priced?
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