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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

AMD Radeon HD 6970

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

773%
773%

AMD Radeon HD 6970

14%
14%
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is approximately 759% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 44
Cayman
CoresDifferent
2048
1536
TMUsDifferent
128
96
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 44
Cayman
CodenameDifferent
Strix Point
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 44 XT(215-176400102)
Cayman XT(215-0807007)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 4.0
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process TypeDifferent
N4P FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
4 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
29,700 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
149.2M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
199 mm²
389 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
Monolithic
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
Release DateDifferent
Jun 4th, 2025
Dec 14th, 2010
AnnouncedDifferent
May 21st, 2025
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi IV(RX 9000)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi III
Evergreen
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
349 USD
369 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
30 in our database
80 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Southern Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
Base ClockDifferent
1700 MHz
N/A
Game ClockDifferent
2530 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
3130 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
2518 MHz20.1 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
880 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
322.3 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
Shading UnitsDifferent
2048
1536
TMUsDifferent
128
96
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
32
24
Matrix CoresDifferent
64
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
32
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
32 MB
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
8 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
Pixel RateDifferent
200.3 GPixel/s
28.16 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
400.6 GTexel/s
84.48 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
51.28 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
25.64 TFLOPS
2.703 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
801.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
675.8 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
160 W
250 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b2x DisplayPort 2.1a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
LengthDifferent
N/A
286 mm11.3 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
126 mm5 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
42 mm1.7 inches
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C20047-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBAMD Radeon HD 6970
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.3
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
5.0

Comparison Summary

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Radeon RX 6900 XT Performance120%

Radeon RX 6900 XT is 20% faster than AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

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GeForce RTX 3080 Performance118%

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Radeon RX 7800 XT Performance118%

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Radeon RX 6800 XT Performance113%

Radeon RX 6800 XT is 13% faster than AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Performance105%

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB is 5% faster than AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB Performance105%

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 1050

GeForce GTX 1050 Performance119%

GeForce GTX 1050 is 19% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 760

GeForce GTX 760 Performance118%

GeForce GTX 760 is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 580

GeForce GTX 580 Performance118%

GeForce GTX 580 is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

GeForce GTX 660 Ti Performance118%

GeForce GTX 660 Ti is 18% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon R9 270X

Radeon R9 270X Performance116%

Radeon R9 270X is 16% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 vs GeForce GTX 950

GeForce GTX 950 Performance113%

GeForce GTX 950 is 13% faster than AMD Radeon HD 6970

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