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Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB vs Radeon RX 9070 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 98%, including 49% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 16,364). On qwen3.5:9b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 81.7 tokens/s (per localaimaster.com) against 50.1 for the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB (per parsapp/rx9060xt-llm-benchmarks (GitHub)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB and the Radeon RX 9070. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $299 · $549. 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 8GBRadeon RX 9070
vram gb 816
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w 150220
cuda cores —3584
rt cores —56
process nm 44

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, StorageReview, Guru3D, LaNOC, TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Overclocking.com, TopCPU 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 8GBRadeon RX 9070
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —46,934 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview		 9,751 points15,760 points
3DMark Port Royal (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 —14,723 points
3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —106,882 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, Notebookcheck, LaNOC		 2,942 points5,826 points
3DMark Speed Way (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 —6,345 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com		 3,743 points6,150 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: LaNOC, TopCPU, 3DMark		 16,364 points24,306 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —11,702 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 —14,591 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,135 pts1,266 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 19,778 pts25,397 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 8GB

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB or the Radeon RX 9070?

The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 98%, including 49% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 16,364).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3.5:9b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 81.7 tokens/s (per localaimaster.com) against 50.1 for the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB (per parsapp/rx9060xt-llm-benchmarks (GitHub)), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB and the Radeon RX 9070 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB launched at a $299 MSRP and the Radeon RX 9070 at $549. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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