MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ventus 2X VS XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 16GB

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ventus 2X has a GPU clock speed of 2280 MHz, while the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 16GB runs at a slightly lower base clock of 1900 MHz. However, the XFX card has a much higher GPU turbo speed of 3320 MHz, compared to the MSI’s 2497 MHz turbo speed.

In terms of pixel rate, the XFX card leads with 212.5 GPixel/s, which is significantly higher than the MSI card’s 119.9 GPixel/s. The floating-point performance of the XFX card is also superior, offering 27.2 TFLOPS compared to the MSI’s 19.18 TFLOPS. For texture rate, the XFX card once again outpaces the MSI with 425 GTexels/s, compared to the MSI's 299.6 GTexels/s.

The MSI card features 3840 shading units, while the XFX card has 2048, which is half the number. However, the XFX card has 128 texture mapping units (TMUs) and 64 render output units (ROPs), compared to the MSI card's 120 TMUs and 48 ROPs. Both cards support Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP) functionality, so there is no difference there.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ventus 2X has an effective memory speed of 28000 MHz, which is significantly higher than the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 16GB's 20000 MHz. This gives the MSI card a faster memory speed, though the XFX card compensates with a larger VRAM size of 16GB compared to the MSI's 8GB. The XFX card also has a lower maximum memory bandwidth of 340 GB/s, compared to the MSI's 448 GB/s.

Both cards have a memory bus width of 128-bit, so there is no difference there. In terms of memory type, the MSI card uses GDDR7, while the XFX card uses the older GDDR6 version. Both cards also support ECC (Error Correction Code) memory, so this feature is available on both products.

In summary, the MSI card has the advantage in terms of memory speed and bandwidth, while the XFX card offers more VRAM and uses GDDR6 memory.

Both the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ventus 2X and the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 16GB support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and ray tracing, so there is no difference between the two in these areas. However, the OpenCL versions differ slightly, with the MSI card supporting OpenCL 3 and the XFX card supporting OpenCL 2.2.

Both cards support multi-display technology and 3D, but the MSI card supports DLSS, while the XFX card does not. Neither card has XeSS (XMX) support. In terms of the Intel/AMD memory technologies, the MSI card supports Intel Resizable BAR, while the XFX card supports AMD SAM.

The MSI card does not feature RGB lighting, while the XFX card includes RGB lighting. The MSI card can support up to 4 displays, while the XFX card can support 3 displays. Both cards do not feature LHR (Lite Hash Rate) functionality.

Both the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ventus 2X and the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 16GB feature an HDMI output with 1 HDMI port, supporting HDMI 2.1b. The primary difference lies in the number of DisplayPort outputs; the MSI card has 3 DisplayPort outputs, while the XFX card has 2. Neither card includes USB-C ports, DVI outputs, nor mini DisplayPort outputs.

In summary, the MSI card offers one more DisplayPort output than the XFX card, while both cards have identical HDMI port configurations.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ventus 2X features the Blackwell GPU architecture, while the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 16GB uses the RDNA 4.0 architecture. The MSI card has a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 145W, which is lower than the XFX card's 160W. Both cards use PCI Express (PCIe) version 5, so they are comparable in terms of connection speed.

In terms of manufacturing process, the MSI card is built with a 5 nm semiconductor size, while the XFX card uses a slightly more advanced 4 nm process. The XFX card also has more transistors, with 29,700 million compared to the MSI's 21,900 million.

For physical dimensions, the MSI card is 197 mm wide and 120 mm high, while the XFX card is larger, measuring 270 mm wide and 124 mm high. Neither card has air-water cooling, so they both rely on traditional cooling methods.