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Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is ahead of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB on all 10 shared benchmarks on file, by 20% to 206%, including 120% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (16,244 vs 7,384). On gpt-oss:20b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 generates 140.5 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) 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 5080. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $349 · $999. 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 5080
vram gb 1616
vram type —GDDR7
tdp w 160360
cuda cores —10752
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, 3DMark, HWBOT, StorageReview, HWCooling, Overclocking.com, UL Benchmarks, BabelTechReviews, Notebookcheck 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 5080
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Funky Kit		 38,923 points79,045 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 18,501 points39,871 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 9,436 points21,262 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, HWBOT, StorageReview, HWCooling		 9,751 points24,924 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LANOC, StorageReview		 2,942 points9,010 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, StorageReview, UL Benchmarks, BabelTechReviews		 3,767 points8,568 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Funky Kit		 16,333 points32,642 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 7,384 points16,244 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —32,701 points
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 102,750 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,177 pts1,407 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 20,122 pts35,697 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 5080

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is ahead of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB on all 10 shared benchmarks on file, by 20% to 206%, including 120% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (16,244 vs 7,384).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gpt-oss:20b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 generates 140.5 tokens/s (per Hardware Corner) 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 5080 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB launched at a $349 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 at $999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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