Details of the AMD Radeon RX 9060 non-XT GPU Surface: Slower 8 GB GDDR6 Memory and 2,048 Cores

AMD’s mid-range RDNA 4 GPU, the Radeon RX 9060 non-XT, is almost ready for release. AMD will outfit its Radeon RX 9060 GPU SKU with a Navi 44 XL die that has 2,048 cores, clocked at 2,400 MHz game clock and boosting up to 2,990 MHz under high boost clock settings, according leaked specifications that VideoCardz was able to obtain. It runs on a 128-bit bus and is paired with 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory with an 8 GB capacity, providing 288 GB/s of bandwidth. With slower GDDR6 memory (18 vs. 20 Gbps) and a lesser memory bandwidth (288 vs. 320 GB/s), made possible by slower 18 Gbps GDDR6 modules, its specifications seem to be fairly similar to those of its older sibling, the Radeon RX 9060 XT. Performance need to be reduced as well. Since the RX 9060 non-XT has a boost clock that is roughly 140 MHz lower than the XT version’s boost of 3,130 MHz, performance should likewise be a downgrade from the XT version. A full PCIe 5.0 ×16 lanes are also needed for the card.

Since we don’t know how low AMD can price this card to make it look appealing, its value proposition is still unknown. Given that the Radeon RX 9060 XT’s MSRP is $299 for the 8 GB model and $349 for the 16 GB model, it is possible that the $50 price differential between the two models may also apply to the non-XT model, and the non-XT model may possibly retail for $250. We are left wondering what value proposition this card will offer and whether AMD’s RDNA 4 deployment will be finished, as the debut date is anticipated to be in Q3 2025. AMD still has the opportunity to alter the card’s specifications and even the launch date, as is customary.