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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

AMD Radeon R9 290X

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB

353%
353%

AMD Radeon R9 290X

31%
31%
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB is approximately 322% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 44
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
2048
2816
TMUsDifferent
128
176
ROPs
64
64
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 44
Hawaii
CodenameDifferent
Strix Point
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 44 XT(215-176400102)
Hawaii XT(215-0852000)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 4.0
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process TypeDifferent
N4P FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
4 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
29,700 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
149.2M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
199 mm²
438 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
Monolithic
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Release DateDifferent
Jun 4th, 2025
Oct 24th, 2013
AnnouncedDifferent
May 21st, 2025
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi IV(RX 9000)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi III
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
299 USD
549 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
30 in our database
147 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Pirate Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
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
1000 MHz

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
322.3 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Shading UnitsDifferent
2048
2816
TMUsDifferent
128
176
ROPs
64
64
Compute UnitsDifferent
32
44
Matrix CoresDifferent
64
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
32
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
1024 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
32 MB
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
16 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Pixel RateDifferent
200.3 GPixel/s
64.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
400.6 GTexel/s
176.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
51.28 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
25.64 TFLOPS
5.632 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
801.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
150 W
290 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b2x DisplayPort 2.1a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
LengthDifferent
N/A
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
36 mm1.4 inches
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C67157-00_02, 109-C67157-00C_03

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5

Comparison Summary

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