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Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs Radeon RX 9070 XT — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 XT is ahead of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB on all 9 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 113%, including 95% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (14,367 vs 7,384). On gpt-oss:20b, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB generates 105.8 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub ROCm perf discussion #15021) against 91.9 for the Radeon RX 9070 XT (per GitHub hirokuze/local-llm-benchmark-rx9070xt), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the Radeon RX 9070 XT. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $349 · $599. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 9060 XT 16GBRadeon RX 9070 XT
vram gb 1616
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w 160304
process nm 4—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from LANOC, Funky Kit, StorageReview, Overclocking.com, BabelTechReviews, PassMark and Tom's Hardware; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 9060 XT 16GBRadeon RX 9070 XT
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Funky Kit		 38,923 points66,762 pts
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 18,501 points33,887 pts
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 9,436 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, StorageReview		 9,751 points18,240 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, StorageReview		 2,942 points6,267 pts
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Overclocking.com, StorageReview, BabelTechReviews		 3,767 points7,025 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Funky Kit		 16,333 points29,467 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 7,384 points14,367 pts
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 102,750 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,177 pts1,318 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 20,122 pts26,908 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 369 rank719 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB or the Radeon RX 9070 XT?

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is ahead of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB on all 9 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 113%, including 95% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (14,367 vs 7,384).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gpt-oss:20b, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB generates 105.8 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub ROCm perf discussion #15021) against 91.9 for the Radeon RX 9070 XT (per GitHub hirokuze/local-llm-benchmark-rx9070xt), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the Radeon RX 9070 XT cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB launched at a $349 MSRP and the Radeon RX 9070 XT at $599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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