AMD has seized the opportunity presented by Computex 2025 to announce the chipmaker’s third addition to the Radeon RX 9000 series. The newly unveiled Radeon RX 9060 XT complements the previously released Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT, strengthening AMD’s RDNA 4 gaming portfolio to compete with the best graphics cards.
The Radeon RX 9060 XT serves as the successor to the Radeon RX 7600 XT, which was introduced in January 2024. Although it has only been a little less than a year and a half since the previous RDNA 3 graphics card has been out, the release of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, coupled with the recent coming of the GeForce RTX 5060, means AMD needs a contender to compete within that market segment. Thus, the Radeon RX 9060 XT couldn’t have arrived at a better time.
AMD provided renders of the Radeon RX 9060 XT solely for artistic and illustration purposes. Similar to the Radeon RX 9700 series situation, AMD isn’t releasing any reference or MBA (Made by AMD) Radeon RX 9060 XT cards. However, the chipmaker’s partners will offer reference-clocked models that should stick to or close to the MSRP.
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Up until this point, AMD has been using the Navi 48 silicon for its Radeon RX 9070-series graphics cards; however, given the Navi 48’s size and the Radeon RX 9060 XT’s lower specifications, it wouldn’t be a wise business decision to use the aforementioned silicon. Instead, AMD has introduced a smaller piece of RDNA 4 silicon shaped like Navi 44. As a result, the Radeon RX 9060 XT is the first SKU to leverage this silicon, and it probably won’t be the last.