PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper 16GB GDDR6
The 16GB frame buffer and 3230 MHz boost clock on the RDNA 4 architecture provide ample headroom for 1440p gaming, while the compact 220mm dual-fan design ensures broad case compatibility. Its dual-slot, dual-fan Reaper cooler keeps the 250W TDP in check without excessive noise, making it a practical choice for small-form-factor builds. This card is best for 1440p gamers who want high VRAM capacity and AV1 encoding on a budget, but can forgo top-tier AI performance.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong connectivity (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong ai (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
What owners think
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9060 XT |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 4 |
Memory
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
| Bandwidth | 322.3 |
| ECC | No |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 2048 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 |
| RT Cores | 32 |
| Base Clock | 2620 |
| Boost Clock | 3230 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 51.28 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 25.64 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 20039 |
| GPU Compute | 11175 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 250 |
| Recommended PSU | 500 |
| Power Connectors | One 8-pin PCI Express Power Connector |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 2 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 220 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Weight | 0.7 kg / 1.5 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS 3 |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-16G | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 9060 XT | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 3230 | 2805 | 2482 | 2730 | 2640 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 250 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper | 77.4 | 51.7 | 68.1 | 50.1 | 65.4 | 90 | 56.8 | 36.5 | 82.2 | 95.4 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare | 86.8 | 95.9 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94.1 | 88.7 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.7 | 92.6 | 85.2 | 88.9 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94.1 | 88.7 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 86.8 | 97.7 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94.1 | 99 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-16G Compare | 86.8 | 97.7 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94.1 | 99 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.7 | 91.7 | 91.5 | 83.6 | 99.2 | 84.4 | 91.5 | 42.5 | 98.7 | 78.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
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