Radeon RX 7800 XT VS Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

We are comparing the Radeon RX 7800 XT (AMD) with the Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) (AMD). Scroll down to the pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.

Last Updated: September 10, 2026

KEY DIFFERENCES OF Radeon RX 7800 XT AND Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

Here’s how Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) stack up against each other in their most impactful areas.

Radeon RX 7800 XT: 5 advantages Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB): 4 advantages

Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 7800 XT

5
  • 22% higher 4K Ultra FPS (66 vs 54)
  • 21% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (114 vs 94)
  • 16% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (149 vs 128)
  • 22% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (20090 vs 16412)
  • 12% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (10915 vs 9749)

Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

4
  • 29% higher Boost Clock (3130 MHz vs 2430 MHz)
  • 20% smaller process node (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher bandwidth bus link (PCIe 5.0 x16)
  • Newer PCIe Version (5.0)

SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 7800 XT AND Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB).

Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.

If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.

Specification Radeon RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
General Info
GPU Name: Radeon RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
GPU Type: Discrete Discrete
Codename: Navi 32 Navi 44
Vendor: AMD AMD
Foundry: TSMC TSMC
Architecture: RDNA 3.0 RDNA 4.0
Generation: Navi III (RX 7000) Navi IV
Release Date: August 25, 2023 June 4, 2025
Board Design
Bus Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe Version: 4.0 5.0
PCIe Lanes: x16 x16
Process Size: 5 nm 4 nm
Transistors: 28.1 billion 29.7 billion
Density: 81.2 MTr/mm² 149.2 MTr/mm²
Die Size: 346 mm² 199 mm²
Board Length: 267 mm
Board Width: 50 mm
Board Height: 111 mm
Total Graphics Power (TGP): 263 W 160 W
Graphics Processor
Compute Units: 60 32
Shading Units: 3840 2048
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): 240 128
Render Output Units (ROPs): 96 64
Tensor Cores: 120 64
Ray Tracing Cores: 60 32
Base Clock: 1295 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost Clock: 2430 MHz 3130 MHz
L1 Cache: 128 KB per Array
L2 Cache: 4 MB 4 MB
L3 Cache: 64 MB 32 MB
Raw Performance
Pixel Fill Rate: 233.3 GPixel/s 200.3 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate: 583.2 GTexel/s 400.6 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance: 37.32 TFLOPs 25.64 TFLOPs
Memory
Memory Type: GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size: 16 GB 16 GB
Memory Bus Width: 256-bit 128-bit
Memory Clock: 2438 MHz 2518 MHz
Effective Memory Speed: 19500 Mbps 20100 Mbps
Bandwidth: 624.1 GB/s 322.3 GB/s
APIs
DirectX: 12.2 12.2
Vulkan: 1.4 1.3
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: 2.2 2.2
CUDA: No No
Ray Tracing: Yes Yes
DLSS: No No
DisplayPort: 2.1 2.1a
HDMI: 2.1a 2.1b
Gaming FPS
1080p Ultra (FPS): 149 128
1440p Ultra (FPS): 114 94
4K Ultra (FPS): 66 54
Benchmarks
3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite 18083 13913
Time Spy 20090 16412
Solar Bay 79881 65209
Port Royal 10915 9749
Fire Strike 50010 38956
Wild Life Extreme 36823 27723
Night Raid 160044 149101
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Compute Score 148335 107640
Background Blur 300.7 269.5
Face Detection 200.5 151
Horizon Detection 5.77 3.6
Edge Detection 8.05 4.67
Gaussian Blur 6.44 5.27
Feature Matching 1.25 1.08
Stereo Matching 566.4 395.3
Particle Physics 20533.6 13165.7
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark 24311 20049
G2D Mark 1190 1177
DirectX 11 249 185
DirectX 12 94 57
GPU Compute 13559 11171
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins High (4K) 230.10 141.10
Aztec Ruins Normal 1315.80 950.10
Car Chase 1192.40 773.30
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) 955.30 636.10
T-Rex 3880.70 2727.40
Tessellation 5363.20 4164.10
ALU 2 6542.40 5094.70
Driver Overhead 2 351.10 335.10
API OpenGL OpenGL
OS Windows Windows
Blender (Rendering)
Blender Score 2411 1578
GeekBench 6 ML
Single Precision 31216 25924
Half Precision 37266 40429
Quantized 24564 22275
Image Classification 13913 12380
Image Segmentation 18416 15402
Image Super Resolution 31387 32024
Face Detection 51780 50457
Pose Estimation 177217 113796
Text Classification 3655 4460
Machine Translation 6216 7481
Object Detection 15073 11256
Depth Estimation 57318 53978
Style Transfer 347420 235750
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
FurMark
1080p Vulkan 12290 10902
1440p Vulkan 9350 7889
2160p Vulkan 4772 3392
1080p OpenGL 12574 11275
1440p OpenGL 9428 7905
2160p OpenGL 5064 3925

Tip: indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while indicates a lower-is-better advantage.

PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 7800 XT AND Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) stack up in key performance metrics.

Radar Chart Comparison

Category scores overview (0 to 100)
Radeon RX 7800 XT
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Bullet Chart Comparison

Market Top is the best score found. Colored bars are % of market top (0 to 100).
Market Top
Radeon RX 7800 XT
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Release Timeline of Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

Radeon RX 7800 XT
649 days
Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

Radeon RX 7800 XT was released 1 year, 9 months, 10 days earlier than Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB).

Value For Money Calculator

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Domain Score Summary

Scores are generated by Comparigon's scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.

Radeon RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
ALL
Overall
Difference: 2
Leads
Radeon RX 7800 XT
77
Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
75
Gaming Performance
Difference: 7
Leads
Radeon RX 7800 XT
66
Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
59
AI & Machine Learning
Difference: 3
Leads
Radeon RX 7800 XT
67
Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
64
Hardware Architecture
Difference: 3
Leads
Radeon RX 7800 XT
79
Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
82
Workstation
Difference: 6
Leads
Radeon RX 7800 XT
65
Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
59
Energy Efficiency
Difference: 18
Leads
Radeon RX 7800 XT
82
Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
100

Our Verdict

In conclusion, the Radeon RX 7800 XT has a narrow overall lead compared to the Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB). Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning and Workstation. The Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) is the better fit if your top priority is Hardware Architecture and Energy Efficiency.

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