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Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 19% to 92%, including 87% in 3DMark Time Spy (16,333 vs 8,747). On llama2:13b, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB generates 34.6 tokens/s (per StorageReview) against 32.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (per singhajit.com), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. Released 2025 (Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB), 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060). MSRP range: $349 · $329. 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 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vram gb 1612
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w 160170
cuda cores —3584
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 3DMark, Funky Kit, LANOC, WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, StorageReview, TopCPU.net, CpuTronic, BabelTechReviews and PassMark; 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 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Funky Kit, LANOC		 38,923 points21,653 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 18,501 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 9,436 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: WCCFTech, Legit Reviews, StorageReview, 3DMark		 9,751 points5,074 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, 3DMark, StorageReview, LANOC		 2,942 points2,170 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, 3DMark, CpuTronic, BabelTechReviews, LANOC		 3,767 points1,984 points
3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 Graphics Score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —1,978 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net, Funky Kit, LANOC, 3DMark		 16,333 points8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 7,384 points—
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 102,750 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,177 pts984 pts

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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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060?

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 19% to 92%, including 87% in 3DMark Time Spy (16,333 vs 8,747).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama2:13b, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB generates 34.6 tokens/s (per StorageReview) against 32.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (per singhajit.com), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB launched at a $349 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 at $329. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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