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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

AMD Radeon HD 6990

AMD Radeon HD 6990

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

491%
491%

AMD Radeon HD 6990

23%
23%
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB is approximately 468% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 44
Antilles x2
CoresDifferent
2048
1536 x2
TMUsDifferent
128
96 x2
ROPsDifferent
64
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
2 GB x2
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
256 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 44
Antilles
CodenameDifferent
Strix Point
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 44 XT(215-176400102)
Antilles XT(215-0807027)
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 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
Release DateDifferent
Jun 4th, 2025
Mar 8th, 2011
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
299 USD
699 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
30 in our database
47 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Southern Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
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
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
830 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
322.3 GB/s
160.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
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 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
Pixel RateDifferent
200.3 GPixel/s
26.56 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
400.6 GTexel/s
79.68 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
51.28 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
25.64 TFLOPS
2.550 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
801.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
637.4 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
150 W
375 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
750 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b2x DisplayPort 2.1a
1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
LengthDifferent
N/A
310 mm12.2 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
115 mm4.5 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
40 mm1.6 inches
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C20647-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon HD 6990
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 HD 7970 GHz Edition Performance104%

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