Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB leads on 8 of 10 shared benchmarks (2% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme); the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB takes 2 (3% in 3DMark Steel Nomad). On llama2:13b, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB generates 53.4 tokens/s (per RunAIHome) against 34.6 for the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (per StorageReview), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. 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.
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
*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 | GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 16 |
| tdp w | 160 | — |
| 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, LANOC, Beebom, Overclocking.com, StorageReview, 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB | GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Funky Kit, LANOC |
38,923 points | 41,427 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: LANOC |
18,501 points | 21,102 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: Beebom, LANOC |
9,436 points | 9,318 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, Beebom, LANOC, StorageReview |
9,751 points | 10,399 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, LANOC, StorageReview |
2,942 points | 4,178 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, LANOC, StorageReview, BabelTechReviews |
3,767 points | 3,657 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: LANOC, Funky Kit |
16,333 points | 16,343 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Beebom, LANOC |
7,384 points | 7,547 points |
| Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better) Source: StorageReview |
102,750 points | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,177 pts | 1,211 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
20,122 pts | 22,642 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
369 rank | 430 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
- deepseekr1:8b: 845.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- gpt-oss:20b: 105.8 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub ROCm perf discussion #15021)
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- llama3.2:1b: 213.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- llama3.2:1b: 210.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai (Mozilla Builders))
- llama3.2:1b: 192.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB or the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB leads on 8 of 10 shared benchmarks (2% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme); the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB takes 2 (3% in 3DMark Steel Nomad).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On llama2:13b, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB generates 53.4 tokens/s (per RunAIHome) against 34.6 for the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (per StorageReview), best community run on file for each.
What did the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB cost at launch?
The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB launched at a $349 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at $429. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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