In the battle with low-end, level 60 graphics cards, AMD wants to see if it can offer the same price and performance for NVIDIA during the launch of the mid-end GPU. Graphics card maker offered the first sparse details of its Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics processor on Computex late Tuesday. The card may give your PC enough power to achieve solid gaming performance at 1440p resolution at 1440p, similar to the $450 Nvidia Geforce RTX 5060 TI on a cheap gaming rig. The real inflection point of this latest card is whether you can actually buy it at the base price.
The Radeon RX 9060 XT is a step-by-step process in GPU performance for AMD’s RX 9070 launched in March. It is based on the same RDNA 4 microstructure for mid-range cards, but compared to the 56 on the high-end cards, there are 32 in the company’s latest computing unit. The GPU comes with two options: one with 8 GB and the other with 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. Versions with more memory will be better for your rig in the long run, especially if you plan to connect your PC to a 1440p monitor and run the latest, graphics-intensive games.
AMD didn’t give us all the specifications, which makes it hard to fix the position where the GPU will land in terms of original performance compared to NVIDIA’s latest cards. While the number of RDNA 4 computing units (core clusters on the AMD card processed with thousands of calculations required for graphically intensive tasks, performing vaguely compared to the RX 9070, AMD does not provide any charts to compare FPS between games. The GPU runs on a 3.13GHz boost clock with board power of 150W to 182W, while the 2.54 GHz clock and 304W board power are on the company’s Radeon RX 9070 XT.
Without a price tag, it is impossible to tell what the pace of the latest card is compared to the RX 9070. AMD also does not offer any words on non-XT variants. This card will require a PCIE 5.0 X16 interface, the same as other cards. AMD does not make its own GPU, but relies on AIC (add-on card) manufacturers to produce cards. If AMD announced details about price or availability in its Computex keynote, we will update this article.
The crown jewelry for AMD’s current graphics card lineup is the RX 9070 XT. AMD sets the suggested GPU for a sale price of $600, which is only $50 more than the 9070, but it has enough performance to get playable frame rates from multiple hardened games in 4K and has seen quite a few ray tracing settings. Unfortunately, due to the combination of tariffs and stock dilemma, the 9070 XT ended up being priced at over $800, up to $1,000 at some online retailers.
We have seen prices fluctuate regularly over the past few months, but inflation that is almost 20% for the price of medium distance cards is simply unbearable. However, low-end GPUs perform better. The RTX 5060 TI MSRP is set at $450, and the lowest price we’ve seen so far is $480. The $300 RTX 5060 is priced close to $320, like AIC manufacturers like Gigabyte. Currently, on sites like Newegg and Best Buy, a considerable number of NVIDIA’s lowest GPUs are listed as “inventory” or “coming soon.” Those who buy a low-end GPU are more sensitive than those who can drag $2,000 on the RTX 5090 without blinking. AMD is more motivated to set affordable prices and ensure that it can maintain cost levels when the card finally lands on store shelves.
