Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
Compare the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.
The short answer
The Radeon RX 9070 XT is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1440p and gives more performance per dollar.
- Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 68% faster at 1440p (gaming index 69 vs 41).
- Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 40%.
- Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers about 20% more frames per dollar at 1440p.
- Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB draws less power (160W vs 304W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.
Gaming performance
Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.
Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 68% faster at 1440p.
Performance per dollar
1440p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.
7.2
per $100 spent
Better value
6.0
per $100 spent
Specs head-to-head
Productivity & compute
Where to buy
Radeon RX 9070 XTfrom $949.99
- $949.99
- $959.99
- $969.99
- $989.00
- XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC Magnetic Air EditionOC3100 MHz · 360 mm$999.99
- $1,019.99
- GIGABYTE RX 9070 XT GAMING OCOC3060 MHz · 288 mm$1,034.99
- GIGABYTE RX 9070 XT GAMING OC ICEOC3060 MHz · 288 mm$1,034.99
- Yeston RX 9070 XT Sakura Atlantis OCOC3060 MHz · 330 mm$1,039.95
- $1,039.99
- $1,039.99
- ASUS PRIME RX 9070 XT OCOC3010 MHz · 312 mm$1,044.76
- $1,049.99
- XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC White Gaming EditionOC3100 MHz · 360 mm$1,079.99
- XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC White Magnetic Air EditionOC3100 MHz · 360 mm$1,079.99
- $1,099.99
- Sapphire NITRO+ RX 9070 XTOC3060 MHz · 331 mm$1,099.99
- PowerColor Red Devil RX 9070 XTOC3060 MHz · 340 mm$1,129.99
- $1,384.02Free shipping
- Sapphire PURE RX 9070 XTOC3010 MHz · 320 mm$1,418.41Free shipping
- GIGABYTE AORUS RX 9070 XT ELITEOC3100 MHz · 339 mm$1,524.09Free shipping
- $1,538.41
- PowerColor Red Devil RX 9070 XT Limited EditionOC3060 MHz · 340 mm$1,575.00
- ASUS TUF Gaming RX 9070 XT OCOC3060 MHz · 330 mm$1,585.41Free shipping
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBfrom $679.99
- XFX Swift RX 9060 XT Triple Fan OC 16 GBOC3320 MHz · 290 mm$679.99
- ASUS Dual RX 9060 XT 16 GBOC3230 MHz · 202 mm$725.99
- GIGABYTE RX 9060 XT GAMING OC ICE 16 GBOC3320 MHz · 281 mm$749.99
- GIGABYTE RX 9060 XT GAMING OC 16 GBOC3320 MHz · 281 mm$749.99
- XFX Swift RX 9060 XT White OC 16 GBOC3320 MHz · 270 mm$759.99
- ASUS Dual RX 9060 XT White Edition 16 GBOC3230 MHz · 202 mm$759.99
- ASRock RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16 GBOC3290 MHz · 249 mm$773.83
- ASUS Prime RX 9060 XT OC Edition 16 GBOC3311 MHz · 304 mm$819.99
- XFX Swift RX 9060 XT OC 16 GBOC3320 MHz · 270 mm$938.33Free shipping
- PowerColor Reaper RX 9060 XT OC 16 GBOC3230 MHz · 200 mm$939.19Free shipping
- PowerColor Hellhound RX 9060 XT OC 16 GBOC3311 MHz · 310 mm$967.95
- Sapphire PULSE RX 9060 XT OC 16 GBOC3290 MHz · 240 mm$972.40Free shipping
- Sapphire PURE RX 9060 XT OC 16 GBOC3290 MHz · 240 mm$989.44
- Sapphire NITRO+ RX 9060 XT OC 16 GBOC3320 MHz · 300 mm$1,010.52Free shipping
- ASRock RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC 16 GBOC3320 MHz · 298 mm$1,121.20Free shipping
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