ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB
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ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB has 1792 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.99 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 21.43 TFLOPS.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 3.23 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 26.46 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 4 architecture, which has 28 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is based on the RDNA 4 architecture and is equipped with 32 execution units.
ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB GPU ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB
AMD Radeon RX 9060 Based on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Navi 44 GPU Chip Navi 44 XT
RDNA 4 Architecture RDNA 4
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
1792 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 128
28 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.518 GHz clocks.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.518GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 2.518 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 20.1 Gbps
322 GB/s Memory bandwidth 322 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB has a turbo clock of 2.990 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is 3.230 GHz.

1.700 GHz Base Clock 1.700 GHz
2.990 GHz Boost Clock 3.230 GHz
2.40 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.62 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as Unknown.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is Unknown.

150 W (Reference) TDP 160 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
Unknown Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
2x DP v2.1a DP Ports 2x DP v2.1a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

249 mm Length 249 mm
132 mm Height 132 mm
41 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
645 g Weight 645 g
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
Yes SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 4 nanometer process, ASRock Radeon RX 9060 Challenger 8GB was released in Q3/2025.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB published in Q4/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 4 nanometers.

RX9060 CL 8G Part-no RX9060XT CL 16G
Q3/2025 Release date Q4/2025
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
4 nm Structure size 4 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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