AMD Radeon RX 9060 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The data splits these two GPUs into entirely different performance classes. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 wins both recorded head-to-head benchmarks outright, with no benchmark victories for the AMD Radeon RX Vega 11. The RX 9060 dominates in raw compute workloads, while the Vega 11's only measurable presence is in legacy or API-specific tests where it appears in the database as an integrated part of a larger system.

Looking at the benchmark suite, the RX 9060 shows strength across modern DirectX 12 workloads, scoring 3322 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. Its OpenCL score of 88183 and Vulkan score of 39476 place it far ahead of the Vega 11's corresponding results of 12525 and 13543 respectively. The Vega 11, by contrast, only has three recorded benchmarks in the entire database: Geekbench Metal at 17086, Geekbench OpenCL at 12525, and Geekbench Vulkan at 13543. The RX 9060 does not appear in the Metal test at all, which is expected given its Windows-centric driver focus.

The RX 9060 also wins on sheer feature support. It carries DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) support, while the Vega 11 is limited to DirectX 12 (12_1). Vulkan support also differs, with the RX 9060 at Vulkan 1.4 versus the Vega 11 at Vulkan 1.3. For users running modern game engines that leverage mesh shaders, variable rate shading, or other DirectX 12 Ultimate features, the RX 9060 is the only option in this comparison.

The Vega 11 does hold one structural advantage: it is an integrated GPU with a 15 W TDP, meaning it consumes no additional power beyond the host processor and requires no dedicated cooling or power connectors. The RX 9060, in contrast, is a dual-slot discrete card with a 132 W TDP, a 1x 8-pin power connector, and a suggested 300 W power supply. For a compact office PC or a low-power media center, the Vega 11's zero-additive-power design is a practical win, but in every compute metric recorded, it loses decisively.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two parts is generational and fundamental. The RX 9060 uses the Navi 44 chip built on RDNA 4.0 architecture, fabricated on a 4 nm process at TSMC. It contains 29,700 million transistors on a 199 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 149.2M per mm². The Vega 11, by contrast, uses the Picasso chip with GCN 5.0 architecture, built on a 12 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It packs 4,940 million transistors on a 210 mm² die, for a density of just 23.5M per mm². The RX 9060 achieves roughly six times the transistor density on a slightly smaller die.

Clock speeds tell a similar story. The RX 9060 boosts to 2990 MHz with a base clock of 1700 MHz and a game clock of 2400 MHz. The Vega 11 boosts to just 1400 MHz with a 300 MHz base. That is a 2.1x boost clock advantage for the RX 9060. Memory configuration is equally lopsided. The RX 9060 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The Vega 11 uses system-shared memory with bandwidth described as "System Dependent," meaning its performance scales with whatever RAM the host system provides.

Compute resources magnify the gap. The RX 9060 has 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. The Vega 11 has 704 shading units, 44 TMUs, and just 8 ROPs. That is 2.5x more shaders, 2.5x more TMUs, and 8x more ROPs for the RX 9060. Ray tracing is present on the RX 9060 with 28 RT cores; the Vega 11 has none. Pixel rate for the RX 9060 is 191.4 GPixel/s versus 11.20 GPixel/s for the Vega 11. Texture rate is 334.9 GTexel/s versus 61.60 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 21.43 TFLOPS versus 1.971 TFLOPS. The RX 9060 also supports FP16 at a 1:1 ratio (21.43 TFLOPS), while the Vega 11 runs FP16 at 2:1 (3.942 TFLOPS).

Connectivity and output features also differ sharply. The RX 9060 uses PCIe 5.0 x16, while the Vega 11 is an IGP with no separate bus interface. Display outputs on the RX 9060 include 1x HDMI 2.1b and 2x DisplayPort 2.1a; the Vega 11's outputs are motherboard dependent. The RX 9060 is an active product released in August 2025, while the Vega 11 is end-of-life, released in July 2019.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded head-to-head data contains two benchmarks, and the RX 9060 wins both by enormous margins. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 9060 scores 88183 against the Vega 11's 12525, a delta of 604.1%. This is not a marginal victory; it is a sevenfold performance difference. OpenCL workloads that stress raw compute throughput, such as physics simulations, video encoding, or machine learning inference, will see the RX 9060 finish tasks in a fraction of the time.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RX 9060 scores 39476 against 13543, a delta of 191.5%. Vulkan is a lower-level API that games increasingly use for high-performance rendering. The RX 9060's 2.9x advantage here reflects its much larger shading engine and dedicated RT cores, which offload work the Vega 11 must handle in software or not at all.

The RX 9060's average benchmark score across its full suite is 16014. The Vega 11's average is 14385. That difference is modest on paper, but it is skewed by the fact that the Vega 11 only runs three benchmarks, two of which are compute-heavy. The RX 9060's PassMark G3D score of 17631 versus its own PassMark DirectX 9 score of 280 shows that its strengths are concentrated in modern APIs. The Vega 11 has no DirectX 9, 10, 11, or 12 PassMark scores in the database, so direct rasterization comparisons are limited to the two Geekbench tests.

Looking at nearest rivals provides context for the RX 9060's standing. Its average score of 16014 sits within 0.7% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (16129) and 1% ahead of the AMD Radeon R9 370X (15862) and AMD Radeon RX 7700 (15852). It trails the AMD Radeon Pro W5500 by 2.1% (15679). This places the RX 9060 in the upper midrange of the database, at the 59th percentile of all GPUs. The Vega 11, by comparison, sits at the 56th percentile with an average of 14385, within 0.1% of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN (14373) and 0.1% behind the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M (14404). The Vega 11's nearest rivals include another entry labeled "AMD Radeon Vega 11" at 14352, which is essentially a duplicate measurement of the same integrated part.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous for anyone choosing between these two as primary graphics processors. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 is a discrete, modern, high-performance GPU that wins every recorded head-to-head test by margins ranging from 191.5% to 604.1%. It offers ray tracing, DirectX 12 Ultimate, a 4 nm process, 8 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory, and bandwidth of 288.0 GB/s. It sits at the 59th percentile of all GPUs, trading blows with the RTX 3060 Ti and RX 7700. Anyone building a gaming PC, a workstation for compute workloads, or a system that needs to handle modern AAA titles should choose the RX 9060 without hesitation.

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 is an integrated graphics solution from 2019, built on GCN 5.0 at 12 nm. It has no dedicated memory, no ray tracing, no PCIe interface, and a 15 W TDP. Its only recorded advantages are its negligible power draw and its zero-slot footprint. It is suitable for a legacy office PC, a thin client, or a system where adding a discrete GPU is physically impossible. In those scenarios, it provides basic display output and light compute capability. In any scenario where performance matters, the RX 9060 is the only defensible choice.

The verdict is not close. The RX 9060 wins 2-0 in head-to-head benchmarks, holds a 59th percentile rank versus the Vega 11's 56th, and is 604.1% faster in OpenCL and 191.5% faster in Vulkan. The Vega 11's only path to relevance is as an integrated fallback, not as a competitor.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in OpenCL compute?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9060 scores 88183 in Geekbench OpenCL, which is 604.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 11's 12525.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 support ray tracing?

A: No. The Vega 11 has no RT cores. The RX 9060 has 28 RT cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate.

Q: How does the RX 9060 compare to its closest rivals?

A: The RX 9060's average benchmark score is 16014, which is 0.7% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, 1% above the AMD Radeon R9 370X, 1% above the AMD Radeon RX 7700, and 2.1% above the AMD Radeon Pro W5500.

Q: What memory configurations do the two GPUs use?

A: The RX 9060 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Vega 11 uses system-shared memory with bandwidth described as system dependent.

Q: Is the Vega 11 still in production?

A: No. The Vega 11 is end-of-life and was released on July 6, 2019. The RX 9060 is an active product released on August 4, 2025.

Q: What is the power requirement for each GPU?

A: The RX 9060 has a 132 W TDP, uses a dual-slot cooler with a 1x 8-pin power connector, and requires a suggested 300 W power supply. The Vega 11 has a 15 W TDP, uses no power connectors, and is an integrated GPU.