AMD has announced the Radeon RX 9060 XT at Computex 2025, finally following up on the success of the RX 9070 XT back in March. However, Team Red hasn’t shared much information about the upcoming mid-range graphics card.
The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT features 32 Compute Units, backed up with 16GB of GDDR6 memory, which is a generous spec for a card that’ll likely be targeting 1080p gaming. With such a small GPU, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that it’ll take up much less power than the RX 9070 XT, with a Total Board Power (TBP) of 150-182W.
However, because this AMD GPU has half the Compute Units, and consumes about half the power, of the RX 9070 XT, it’s safe to assume that it’ll be much less powerful – but hopefully more affordable. Unfortunately, AMD hasn’t shared any pricing or release date information about the upcoming graphics card.
The Budget Battles Have Begun
While it’s annoying that AMD hasn’t revealed how much the Radeon RX 9060 XT will actually cost, it’s probably not going to be much more expensive than the Intel Arc B580 or the recently-released RTX 5060. Those graphics cards have power budgets of 145W and 190W, respectively, and both launched for around $250-$300. It’s very likely AMD is going to target the same part of the market.
That means when the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT launches – whenever that is – gamers shopping for a $300-ish graphics card will have three choices, all from different companies. However, if this new Radeon card stays in that price range, that’ll give it the edge; it’ll be the only GPU in the segment with 16GB of VRAM, compared to 8GB from Nvidia and 12GB from Intel.
I’ll still have to get it in the lab to see how it actually performs, but if the GPU itself is as strong as the competition, the larger frame buffer alone will make it last a bit longer into the future, as games get more demanding on video memory. Only time will tell how much the RX 9060 XT will end up costing, but it may be the budget GPU to watch right now.
Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. You can follow her @Jackiecobra
