AMD Instinct MI350P vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 Comparison

FAQ

Q: What is the AMD Instinct MI350P designed for?

A: The AMD Instinct MI350P is an accelerator built on the CDNA 4.0 architecture, uses the MI350 128CU chip, and targets the Instinct (MIx) generation. It has no display outputs, no API support for DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan, and is clearly oriented toward compute workloads rather than graphics.

Q: What is the AMD Radeon RX 9060 designed for?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9060 is a consumer graphics card from the Radeon RX 9000 series, built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with the Navi 44 chip. It includes display outputs, DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 support, making it a full graphics solution.

Q: How much memory does each card have?

A: The MI350P has 144 GB of HBM3e memory on a 8192-bit bus with 8.19 TB/s bandwidth. The RX 9060 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which card has a higher boost clock?

A: The RX 9060 has a boost clock of 2990 MHz, while the MI350P has a boost clock of 2200 MHz.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The MI350P has a TDP of 600 W and requires a 1000 W suggested PSU with a 1x 16-pin connector. The RX 9060 has a TDP of 132 W and requires a 300 W suggested PSU with a 1x 8-pin connector.

Q: How do the two cards compare in benchmark scores?

A: The RX 9060 has benchmark scores in the database, including a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 3322 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 88183. The MI350P has no recorded benchmark scores and a 0 average benchmark score.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Instinct MI350P and AMD Radeon RX 9060 are built on fundamentally different architectures from AMD, each tailored to a distinct workload. The MI350P uses CDNA 4.0, a compute-oriented architecture designed for accelerators, while the RX 9060 uses RDNA 4.0, a graphics-oriented architecture for consumer GPUs. This distinction drives nearly every other difference between the two cards.

The manufacturing process nodes differ significantly. The MI350P is built on a 3 nm process at TSMC, while the RX 9060 uses a 4 nm process at the same foundry. The MI350P packs 73,000 million transistors on a 1190 mm² die, which works out to a transistor density of 61.3M per mm². The RX 9060, by contrast, has 29,700 million transistors on a 199 mm² die, giving it a much higher transistor density of 149.2M per mm². The MI350P is a massive chip, while the RX 9060 is comparatively compact.

The memory subsystems are entirely different. The MI350P uses 144 GB of HBM3e memory with a 8192-bit bus and 8.19 TB/s of bandwidth. The RX 9060 uses 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit bus and 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is a 16x difference in memory capacity and roughly a 28x difference in bandwidth, reflecting the MI350P's role in memory-intensive compute tasks.

The compute resources also diverge sharply. The MI350P has 8192 shading units and 512 TMUs, while the RX 9060 has 1792 shading units and 112 TMUs. The MI350P's texture rate is 1,126.4 GTexel/s, compared to 334.9 GTexel/s for the RX 9060. The MI350P has 0 ROPs and a pixel rate of 0 MPixel/s, indicating it does not rasterize graphics at all. The RX 9060 has 64 ROPs and a pixel rate of 191.4 GPixel/s. The RX 9060 also includes 28 ray tracing cores, while the MI350P has no RT core count listed.

The MI350P has no API support for DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan, which confirms it is not a graphics card in the traditional sense. The RX 9060 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The MI350P has no display outputs, while the RX 9060 includes 1x HDMI 2.1b and 2x DisplayPort 2.1a outputs.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark entries between the AMD Instinct MI350P and the AMD Radeon RX 9060. The MI350P has no recorded benchmark scores at all, with an average benchmark score of 0 and zero wins in head-to-head comparisons. The RX 9060, on the other hand, has a full set of recorded scores across multiple test suites.

The RX 9060's most notable result is its Geekbench OpenCL score of 88183, which is its highest recorded score in the database. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 3322, and its Geekbench Vulkan score is 39476. In Passmark tests, the RX 9060 scores 17631 in G3D, 9919 in GPU compute, 1002 in G2D, 280 in DirectX 9, 182 in DirectX 11, 104 in DirectX 10, and 44 in DirectX 12.

The RX 9060's average benchmark score is 16014, which places it at the 59th percentile among all GPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals are all consumer or workstation graphics cards. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has an average score of 16129, which is 0.7% higher than the RX 9060. The AMD Radeon R9 370X scores 15862, which is 1% lower. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 scores 15852, also 1% lower. The AMD Radeon Pro W5500 scores 15679, which is 2.1% lower.

Because the MI350P has no benchmark scores, the data cannot support a direct performance comparison. The RX 9060's scores are meaningful only in the context of its nearest rivals, where it sits within 2.1% of four other cards. The MI350P's lack of scores means its performance relative to the RX 9060 is not recorded, and no numeric comparison can be made.

Specification Differences

The AMD Instinct MI350P and AMD Radeon RX 9060 differ across nearly every specification field in the database.

• Architecture: MI350P uses CDNA 4.0; RX 9060 uses RDNA 4.0.
• Chip: MI350P uses MI350 128CU; RX 9060 uses Navi 44.
• Codename: MI350P has none; RX 9060 is codenamed Strix Point.
• Generation: MI350P is Instinct (MIx); RX 9060 is Navi IV (RX 9000).
• Process node: MI350P is 3 nm; RX 9060 is 4 nm.
• Transistors: MI350P has 73,000 million; RX 9060 has 29,700 million.
• Die size: MI350P is 1190 mm²; RX 9060 is 199 mm².
• Transistor density: MI350P is 61.3M per mm²; RX 9060 is 149.2M per mm².
• Base clock: MI350P is 1000 MHz; RX 9060 is 1700 MHz.
• Boost clock: MI350P is 2200 MHz; RX 9060 is 2990 MHz.
• Game clock: MI350P has none; RX 9060 is 2400 MHz.
• Memory clock: MI350P is 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective); RX 9060 is 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective).
• Memory size: MI350P is 144 GB; RX 9060 is 8 GB.
• Memory type: MI350P is HBM3e; RX 9060 is GDDR6.
• Memory bus: MI350P is 8192 bit; RX 9060 is 128 bit.
• Memory bandwidth: MI350P is 8.19 TB/s; RX 9060 is 288.0 GB/s.
• Shading units: MI350P has 8192; RX 9060 has 1792.
• TMUs: MI350P has 512; RX 9060 has 112.
• ROPs: MI350P has 0; RX 9060 has 64.
• RT cores: MI350P has none listed; RX 9060 has 28.
• Pixel rate: MI350P is 0 MPixel/s; RX 9060 is 191.4 GPixel/s.
• Texture rate: MI350P is 1,126.4 GTexel/s; RX 9060 is 334.9 GTexel/s.
• FP32: MI350P is 36.04 TFLOPS; RX 9060 is 21.43 TFLOPS.
• FP16: MI350P is 36.04 TFLOPS (1:1); RX 9060 is 21.43 TFLOPS (1:1).
• TDP: MI350P is 600 W; RX 9060 is 132 W.
• Power connectors: MI350P uses 1x 16-pin; RX 9060 uses 1x 8-pin.
• Suggested PSU: MI350P is 1000 W; RX 9060 is 300 W.
• Display outputs: MI350P has none; RX 9060 has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 2x DisplayPort 2.1a.
• APIs: MI350P has N/A for DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan; RX 9060 has DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.
• Dimensions: MI350P is 267 mm long, 111 mm high, 40 mm wide; RX 9060 has no recorded dimensions.
• Production status: MI350P has none recorded; RX 9060 is Active.
• Release date: MI350P is 2026-05-06; RX 9060 is 2025-08-04.
• Predecessor: MI350P is Radeon Instinct; RX 9060 is Navi III.

The Verdict

The data paints two very different pictures. The AMD Instinct MI350P is a compute accelerator with no display outputs, no graphics API support, and no recorded benchmark scores. Its 144 GB of HBM3e memory, 8.19 TB/s bandwidth, 8192 shading units, and 36.04 TFLOPS of FP32 performance mark it as a data center part aimed at large-scale compute workloads. Its 600 W TDP and 1000 W suggested PSU reinforce that positioning.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 is a consumer graphics card with a 59th percentile ranking among all GPUs in the database. Its recorded benchmark scores place it within 2.1% of four nearest rivals, including the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, which is 0.7% higher. The RX 9060's 21.43 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, 132 W TDP, and 300 W suggested PSU make it a far more power-efficient part for graphics work.

For compute-focused buyers, the MI350P offers vastly more memory capacity, bandwidth, and FP32 throughput, along with a larger die and more transistors. For graphics-focused buyers, the RX 9060 is the only option with display outputs, API support, and benchmark scores. The database does not contain head-to-head benchmark data, so no direct performance verdict can be drawn. The choice comes down to workload: the MI350P for compute, the RX 9060 for graphics.