AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB VS MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Shadow 2X OC

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB features a GPU clock speed of 1700 MHz, with a turbo boost up to 3130 MHz. In contrast, the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Shadow 2X OC has a higher base clock of 2280 MHz and a turbo boost of 2527 MHz. This means the RTX 5060 has a faster clock speed overall, although the RX 9060 XT can achieve a higher turbo boost.

When it comes to pixel rate, the RX 9060 XT delivers 200.3 GPixel/s, significantly outperforming the RTX 5060's 121.3 GPixel/s. The RX 9060 XT also offers a higher floating-point performance at 25.6 TFLOPS, compared to the RTX 5060's 19.41 TFLOPS. Additionally, the RX 9060 XT has a better texture rate at 400.6 GTexels/s, while the RTX 5060 offers 303.2 GTexels/s.

For GPU memory speed, the RX 9060 XT operates at 2518 MHz, noticeably faster than the RTX 5060's 1750 MHz. The Radeon card also has 2048 shading units and 128 texture mapping units (TMUs), surpassing the RTX 5060's 3840 shading units and 120 TMUs. The RX 9060 XT is equipped with 64 render output units (ROPs), while the RTX 5060 has 48. Both cards support Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP) processing.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is equipped with 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM, while the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Shadow 2X OC has 8GB of GDDR7 VRAM. Both cards have a 128-bit memory bus width, which is the same across both models.

In terms of memory speed, the RX 9060 XT operates at an effective memory speed of 20000 MHz, while the RTX 5060 has a higher effective memory speed of 28000 MHz.

When it comes to maximum memory bandwidth, the RX 9060 XT provides 320 GB/s, whereas the RTX 5060 offers a higher bandwidth of 448 GB/s. Both products support ECC memory (Error-Correcting Code) to improve memory reliability.

Both the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Shadow 2X OC support DirectX 12 Ultimate and OpenGL 4.6, offering solid compatibility for modern gaming and graphical applications. However, the RX 9060 XT supports OpenCL 2.2, while the RTX 5060 supports the newer OpenCL 3.0.

In terms of features, both cards support multi-display technology, ray tracing, and 3D rendering. The RTX 5060 additionally supports DLSS, a feature absent in the RX 9060 XT. Neither product has XeSS (XMX) support.

For system compatibility, the RX 9060 XT uses AMD SAM, while the RTX 5060 uses Intel Resizable BAR. Both cards do not feature LHR (Lite Hash Rate) and lack RGB lighting. The RX 9060 XT supports up to 3 displays, whereas the RTX 5060 supports 4 displays.

Both the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Shadow 2X OC come with an HDMI output, each having 1 HDMI port. Both support HDMI version 2.1b.

When it comes to DisplayPort outputs, the RX 9060 XT offers 2, while the RTX 5060 has 3. Neither product includes USB-C ports, DVI outputs, or mini DisplayPort outputs.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture, while the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Shadow 2X OC uses the Blackwell architecture. The RX 9060 XT has a thermal design power (TDP) of 160W, whereas the RTX 5060 has a slightly lower TDP of 145W.

In terms of semiconductor size, the RX 9060 XT uses a 4 nm process, while the RTX 5060 uses a 5 nm process. The number of transistors in the RX 9060 XT is higher, with 29,700 million transistors compared to the 21,900 million in the RTX 5060.

Both products use PCI Express version 5, and neither has air-water cooling. The RX 9060 XT is 267 mm wide and 111 mm high, whereas the RTX 5060 is smaller, measuring 197 mm in width and 120 mm in height.