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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050. Specifications, performance, tests

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2025
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
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Q3/2025
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

What's the best choice AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050? Which graphics card is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) Memory size 16 GB. Memory type GDDR6. Released in 2025.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 has a base frequency of 2.31 GHz. Memory size 8 GB. Memory type GDDR6. Released in Q3/2025.

Differences

  • More memory

    100% more memory

    16 GB left arrow 8 GB

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050, chip, information processing units.

  • AI Accelerators
    64 left arrow -
  • Architecture
    RDNA 4 left arrow Blackwell
  • Based on
    AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT left arrow NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
  • Compute Units
    32 left arrow -
  • Execution Units
    32 left arrow -
  • Ray Accelerators
    32 left arrow -
  • Render Output Units
    64 left arrow -
  • Shader
    2048 left arrow 2560
  • CUDA Cores
    - left arrow 2560
Memory settings

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

  • Infinity Cache
    32 MB left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    320 GB/s left arrow 320 GB/s
  • Memory Bus
    128 bit left arrow 128 bit
  • Memory Data Rate
    20 Gbps left arrow -
  • Memory Size
    16 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Memory Type
    GDDR6 left arrow GDDR6
Clock frequency

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

  • Boost Clock
    3130 MHz left arrow 2570 MHz
  • Game Clock
    2530 MHz left arrow -
  • Base Clock
    - left arrow 2310 MHz
Thermal Management

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

  • System Power Supply
    450 W (System power requirement) left arrow 550 W (System power requirement)
  • TDP
    160 W left arrow 130 W
  • Typical Board Power
    160 W left arrow -
  • Maximum GPU Temperature
    - left arrow 87 °C
Interfaces

Connectivity and connections.

  • DisplayPort Version
    2.1a left arrow -
  • HDMI Version
    2.1b left arrow -
  • PCIe Interface
    PCIe 5.0 x16 left arrow 5.0
  • Power Connectors
    1x8-Pin left arrow -
Supported Video Codecs

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB).

  • Availability window (manufacturer)
    2025 left arrow -
  • Date evidence scope
    Manufacturer-announced OEM/board availability window; exact first shipment is not established by this source. left arrow -
  • Release date
    2025 left arrow -
Theoretical Performance

  • FP32 (theoretical)
    25.6 TFLOPS left arrow -

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 2

3DMark graphics tests

Each row is a separate graphics subtest. Scores are not game FPS.

Test and settingsAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050Result difference¹
3DMark – Steel Nomad — Steel Nomad Score / DirectX 12 3716 points Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB VRAM: 16 GBOS: Windows 11Graphics API: DirectX 12HVCI: enabledApplication version unreported 2320 points Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 VRAM: 8 GBOS: Windows 11Graphics API: DirectX 12HVCI: enabledApplication version unreported -37.6 %
3DMark – Time Spy — Graphics Score / DirectX 12 16422 points Base GPU test: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB VRAM: 16 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DOS: Windows 11Graphics API: DirectX 12HVCI: enabledApplication version unreported 10197 points Base GPU test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 VRAM: 8 GBTest CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3DOS: Windows 11Graphics API: DirectX 12HVCI: enabledApplication version unreported -37.9 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

A base GPU test is a reference for cards using that GPU and the same memory capacity. Board overclocking, cooling and power limits can change the result.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)

More results: 8

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

More results: 21

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered / 1440p / Ultra / Native 63 FPS Test CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-6000
Driver: AMD pre-release 26.20.15.02
Specific partner board and exact game build unreported.

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