AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB VS MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Gaming Trio

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB has a GPU clock speed of 1700 MHz, which is lower than the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Gaming Trio's clock speed of 2280 MHz. The Radeon RX 9060 XT offers a significantly higher GPU turbo speed of 3130 MHz compared to the GeForce RTX 5060's turbo of 2497 MHz. In terms of pixel rate, the Radeon outperforms the GeForce with 200.3 GPixel/s, while the GeForce provides 119.9 GPixel/s. For floating-point performance, the Radeon achieves 25.6 TFLOPS, notably higher than the GeForce’s 19.18 TFLOPS.

The Radeon also leads in texture rate with 400.6 GTexels/s, while the GeForce has 299.6 GTexels/s. The Radeon’s GPU memory speed is higher at 2518 MHz, compared to the GeForce's 1750 MHz. In terms of shading units, the Radeon has 2048, far fewer than the GeForce’s 3840, which indicates a difference in their architectural design. For texture mapping units (TMUs), the Radeon has 128, while the GeForce has 120, showing a slight difference in texture handling capabilities. Additionally, the Radeon has 64 render output units (ROPs), which is more than the GeForce's 48.

Both products support Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP), so there’s no difference in that regard.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB has an effective memory speed of 20000 MHz, which is lower than the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Gaming Trio's memory speed of 28000 MHz. The Radeon’s maximum memory bandwidth is 320 GB/s, while the GeForce offers a higher bandwidth of 448 GB/s. Both products feature 8GB of VRAM, so there is no difference in their memory size. The Radeon uses GDDR6 memory, while the GeForce uses the newer GDDR7 version, which is typically designed for higher speeds and efficiency.

Both graphics cards have a memory bus width of 128-bit, so there is no difference in this specification. Additionally, both cards support ECC (Error Correcting Code) memory, meaning they are both capable of detecting and correcting memory errors.

In summary, while the Radeon and GeForce have similar VRAM sizes and support ECC memory, the GeForce has faster memory speeds and higher bandwidth, along with the newer GDDR7 technology.

Both the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB and MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Gaming Trio support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and ray tracing, so there is no difference in these features. The Radeon supports OpenCL version 2.2, while the GeForce supports OpenCL version 3, which indicates a slight difference in their OpenCL versions.

Both cards support multi-display technology and 3D, but the GeForce has the additional feature of supporting DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), whereas the Radeon does not. Neither card supports XeSS (XMX) technology. The Radeon utilizes AMD SAM (Smart Access Memory), while the GeForce uses Intel Resizable BAR, which are both technologies aimed at improving memory access efficiency, but are from different platforms.

The Radeon has no RGB lighting, whereas the GeForce includes RGB lighting for customization. The Radeon supports up to 3 displays, while the GeForce supports up to 4 displays, offering more flexibility in multi-monitor setups.

Both the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB and MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Gaming Trio have an HDMI output, with one HDMI port each. Both products also support HDMI 2.1b, so there is no difference in the HDMI version. The Radeon has 2 DisplayPort outputs, while the GeForce has 3 DisplayPort outputs, giving the GeForce an additional port for display connections. Neither product includes USB-C ports, DVI outputs, or mini DisplayPort outputs.

In summary, the main difference in ports is that the GeForce provides one more DisplayPort output than the Radeon, but otherwise, both cards have similar port configurations with HDMI 2.1b support.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB uses the RDNA 4.0 architecture, while the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Gaming Trio features the Blackwell architecture. The Radeon has a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 160W, which is higher than the GeForce’s 145W. Both products support PCI Express version 5. The Radeon has a semiconductor size of 4 nm, which is smaller than the GeForce’s 5 nm semiconductor size. In terms of transistors, the Radeon has 29,700 million, compared to the GeForce’s 21,900 million, indicating a higher transistor count for the Radeon.

Neither product includes air-water cooling, so both rely on standard cooling solutions. The Radeon is 267 mm in width and 111 mm in height, while the GeForce is larger, measuring 300 mm in width and 125 mm in height.

In summary, the Radeon has a smaller semiconductor size, higher transistor count, and slightly higher TDP. The GeForce, however, is larger in dimensions and has a slightly higher thermal efficiency based on its lower TDP.