ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16GB VS Palit GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual 8GB

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16GB and the Palit GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual 8GB differ in several key performance aspects. The ASRock card has a GPU clock speed of 1700 MHz, while the Palit card operates at a higher 2407 MHz, giving it a noticeable clock speed advantage. However, the ASRock model boasts a significantly higher GPU turbo speed of 3290 MHz compared to the Palit’s 2573 MHz.

When it comes to pixel rate, the ASRock card outperforms the Palit, with a rate of 210.6 GPixel/s compared to the Palit’s 123.5 GPixel/s. For floating-point performance, the ASRock also leads with 26.95 TFLOPS, while the Palit provides 23.71 TFLOPS. Similarly, the ASRock has a higher texture rate at 421.1 GTexels/s, compared to 370.5 GTexels/s on the Palit.

On the other hand, the Palit card has more shading units, with 4608 compared to the ASRock’s 2048, and slightly more texture mapping units (TMUs) at 144 versus 128. The ASRock model has more render output units (ROPs) at 64, while the Palit has 48. Both cards support Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP), though this feature is exclusive to these two models in this comparison.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16GB and the Palit GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual 8GB differ significantly in memory specifications. The ASRock model comes with 16GB of VRAM, while the Palit model has 8GB of VRAM. Both cards feature a 128-bit memory bus width, ensuring similar data transfer paths between the GPU and memory.

When it comes to memory speed, the ASRock card has an effective memory speed of 20000 MHz, while the Palit card offers a much faster 28000 MHz. This gives the Palit card a clear advantage in memory speed. Additionally, the ASRock card has a maximum memory bandwidth of 322.3 GB/s, while the Palit achieves a higher bandwidth of 448 GB/s, further enhancing the Palit’s memory performance.

Both products use modern memory technologies, with the ASRock featuring GDDR6 memory and the Palit using GDDR7. Both also support Error-Correcting Code (ECC) memory, ensuring reliable performance in both cards.

Both the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16GB and the Palit GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual 8GB support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and have ray tracing and 3D support, ensuring compatibility with modern gaming and rendering technologies. The ASRock card supports OpenCL version 2.2, while the Palit card supports a slightly newer OpenCL version 3.

When it comes to additional features, the ASRock card supports multi-display technology and can handle up to 3 displays, whereas the Palit card supports multi-display as well but can handle up to 4 displays. Both cards also have RGB lighting, adding a customizable visual element to the setup.

In terms of performance-boosting technologies, the Palit card has support for DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), while the ASRock model does not. The ASRock card supports AMD SAM (Smart Access Memory) / Intel Resizable BAR, while the Palit card supports Intel Resizable BAR specifically. Neither card features XeSS (XMX) or has LHR (Lite Hash Rate) limitations.

Both the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16GB and the Palit GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual 8GB come with an HDMI output, each featuring 1 HDMI port. Both cards support the HDMI 2.1b version, providing high bandwidth for modern displays.

The ASRock card is equipped with 2 DisplayPort outputs, whereas the Palit card offers 3 DisplayPort outputs, giving the Palit model an additional port for multiple display setups. Neither card includes USB-C ports, DVI outputs, or mini DisplayPort outputs.

Overall, the key difference between the two cards in this category is the number of DisplayPort outputs, with the Palit having 1 more than the ASRock model.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16GB and the Palit GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual 8GB differ in several key general specifications. The ASRock card features the RDNA 4.0 GPU architecture, while the Palit card uses the Blackwell architecture. Both cards support PCI Express 5.0, ensuring compatibility with the latest motherboard standards.

In terms of power consumption, the ASRock model has a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 160W, which is lower than the Palit card’s 180W TDP. The ASRock card is built using a 4 nm semiconductor size, while the Palit card uses a slightly larger 5 nm semiconductor size. The ASRock card also has more transistors, with 29,700 million, compared to the Palit’s 21,900 million transistors.

Regarding physical dimensions, the ASRock card measures 249 mm in width and 132 mm in height, whereas the Palit card is slightly larger at 262.1 mm in width and 126.3 mm in height. Both cards do not feature air-water cooling.