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Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

AMD's RX 9060 XT brings the RDNA 4 architecture and FSR 4 upscaling to a budget price. Pick the 16GB version and you get plenty of memory for 1080p and 1440p gaming for years to come.

Brand: Gigabyte
Best for: 1080p and 1440p gaming on a budget
Price range: Budget
Our score: 8.5/10

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Our take

The Radeon RX 9060 XT is AMD's budget card for this generation, and the 16GB version is one of the best-value graphics cards for 1080p and 1440p gaming. It brings AMD's RDNA 4 architecture, much-improved ray tracing and FSR 4 upscaling to a far lower price than the RX 9070 series.

Performance

The RX 9060 XT has 32 compute units, 16GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus and 32MB of Infinity Cache, which makes up for some of the narrow bus. In published testing the 16GB model performs very close to NVIDIA's RTX 5060 Ti 16GB in conventional games, usually within a few percent either way. It runs most games at high or maximum settings at 1080p and handles 1440p well with FSR turned on.

Ray tracing is much better than on AMD's previous budget cards, but NVIDIA's RTX 5060 Ti is still faster in ray-traced games. Our RTX 5060 Ti 16GB vs RX 9060 XT 16GB comparison goes through the trade-offs.

Buy the 16GB version

Like NVIDIA, AMD sells the RX 9060 XT with either 8GB or 16GB of memory under the same name. The 16GB card costs a little more but is far better: several recent games need more than 8GB at high texture settings, and the 8GB card stutters or loads blurry textures when it runs out. Check that the listing says 16GB.

FSR 4

FSR 4 is AMD's first upscaler driven by machine learning, and image quality is a big step up from FSR 3, with far less shimmering on fine detail. It's exclusive to RDNA 4 cards. Support is growing, and AMD's driver can upgrade many FSR 3.1 games to FSR 4 automatically.

Power and design

The 9060 XT 16GB draws around 160W to 182W depending on the model, and most cards, including this Gigabyte one, need only a single 8-pin connector. They run cool and quiet, and a 500W to 550W power supply is enough for most builds. Unlike NVIDIA's budget cards, it uses a full 16-lane PCIe connection, so there's no performance penalty on older PCIe 3.0 motherboards.

Who should buy it

Buy the RX 9060 XT 16GB for a budget gaming PC if you want plenty of memory and mainly play without heavy ray tracing. It's also a good upgrade for older PCs thanks to the full PCIe link. If ray tracing or DLSS support matters more, the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is the alternative.

Key specifications

Architecture	AMD RDNA 4
Compute units	32 (2,048 stream processors)
Boost clock	Up to 3,130MHz (reference)
VRAM	16GB GDDR6
Memory speed	20Gbps
Memory bus	128-bit
Memory bandwidth	320GB/s
Infinity Cache	32MB
Interface	PCI Express 5.0 x16
Total board power	160-182W (model dependent)
Outputs	HDMI 2.1b, DisplayPort 2.1a

Strengths and weaknesses

Pros

16GB of VRAM at a budget price
FSR 4 upscaling looks excellent
Efficient and quiet
Full x16 PCIe link, so no penalty on older motherboards

Cons

An 8GB version is sold under the same name
Narrow 128-bit memory bus
Ray tracing trails the RTX 5060 Ti

Verdict

AMD's RX 9060 XT brings the RDNA 4 architecture and FSR 4 upscaling to a budget price. Pick the 16GB version and you get plenty of memory for 1080p and 1440p gaming for years to come. It earns our Best Budget AMD award in our guide to the best graphics cards.

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