AMD Prepares for the May 18 Launch of the Radeon RX 9060 XT

AMD is getting ready to release the Radeon RX 9060 XT, a graphics card for the mid-thru-performance segment, on May 18, 2025. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (non-Ti) launch and the mid-May launch may conflict. AMD is launching its second chip based on the RDNA 4 architecture with the RX 9060 XT, the 4 nm “Navi 44.” With 32 compute units, the entire chip is said to be precisely half as large as the “Navi 48” that powers the RX 9070 series. This equates to 128 TMUs, 64 AI accelerators, 32 RT accelerators, 2,048 stream processors, and maybe 64 ROPs. 8 GB and 16 GB memory types are anticipated, along with a 128-bit wide memory bus. The business may continue to use 20 Gbps GDDR6 for a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s. It is anticipated that the host interface will be PCI-Express 5.0 x 8. Despite having only 2,048 shaders, the RX 9060 XT is anticipated to have higher engine clocks, reaching well beyond 3.20 GHz.

It is conceivable that the RX 9060 XT will compete with the RTX 5060 series, seeing how the RX 9070 series ended up being competitive with the RTX 5070 and in certain situations even the RTX 5070 Ti. And then there’s the RX 9070 GRE issue. The RX 9070 GRE is anticipated to represent 75% of the RX 9070 XT specs sheet, which includes a 192-bit memory bus and 48 CU, whereas the RX 9060 XT is 50% of it. The “Navi 48” is the basis for this SKU, which has the ASIC designation “Navi 48 XL.” There are now rumors that this SKU’s introduction has been postponed to Q4 2025. It is conceivable that AMD is hosting a client computing or gaming-specific event in Taipei on May 18, the Sunday before Computex 2025, where it will showcase the RX 9060 XT. The business may even reveal mobile versions of its RX 9070 line.