Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti leads on 6 of 9 shared benchmarks (39% in 3DMark Speed Way); the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB takes 3 (7% in 3DMark Time Spy). On gpt-oss:20b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti generates 111.5 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub (Discussion #15396, gpt-oss guide)) against 105.8 for the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (per llama.cpp GitHub ROCm perf discussion #15021), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $349 · $429. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
*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
| Spec | Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 16 |
| vram type | — | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | 160 | 180 |
| cuda cores | — | 4608 |
| 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 Funky Kit, KitGuru, LANOC, Beebom, Overclocking.com, StorageReview, BabelTechReviews, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Funky Kit, KitGuru, LANOC |
38,923 points | 40,925 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: LANOC |
18,501 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: Beebom, LANOC |
9,436 points | 9,437 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, StorageReview, KitGuru |
9,751 points | 10,096 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, StorageReview, KitGuru, LANOC |
2,942 points | 4,100 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, StorageReview, KitGuru, BabelTechReviews, 3DMark, LANOC |
3,767 points | 3,588 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, KitGuru, Funky Kit, LANOC |
16,333 points | 15,279 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: KitGuru, LANOC |
7,384 points | 7,136 points |
| Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better) Source: StorageReview |
102,750 points | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,177 pts | 1,196 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
20,122 pts | 22,264 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
369 rank | 16 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
- gpt-oss:20b: 105.8 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub ROCm perf discussion #15021)
- phi-3.5-mini: 94.5 tok/s (StorageReview)
- microsoft/phi: 94.5 tok/s (StorageReview)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
- llama3.2:1b: 213.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- qwen3:4b: 135.0 tok/s (GPU Battle)
- gpt-oss:20b: 111.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (Discussion #15396, gpt-oss guide))
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti leads on 6 of 9 shared benchmarks (39% in 3DMark Speed Way); the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB takes 3 (7% in 3DMark Time Spy).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On gpt-oss:20b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti generates 111.5 tokens/s (per llama.cpp GitHub (Discussion #15396, gpt-oss guide)) against 105.8 for the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (per llama.cpp GitHub ROCm perf discussion #15021), best community run on file for each.
What did the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti cost at launch?
The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB launched at a $349 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti at $429. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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