AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP vs NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data for these two GPUs is asymmetric. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP has direct benchmark results in the database: it scores 88,183 in Geekbench OpenCL and 39,476 in Geekbench Vulkan. Its average benchmark score is 63,830, placing it in the 89th percentile of all GPUs tracked. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU has no recorded benchmark results, no average score, and a 50th percentile ranking. The comparison therefore rests on the AMD card's measured performance and the architectural and power figures recorded for both parts.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP delivers 24.99 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, while the NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU delivers 4.301 TFLOPS. That is a 5.8x difference in raw single-precision throughput. The AMD card also shows a FP16 rate of 24.99 TFLOPS (1:1), whereas the NVIDIA part reaches 8.602 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1). The AMD card leads in pixel throughput at 195.2 GPixel/s versus 22.40 GPixel/s, and in texture throughput at 390.4 GTexel/s versus 67.20 GTexel/s.

Memory bandwidth strongly favors the AMD card. The Radeon RX 9060 XT LP uses 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, yielding 322.3 GB/s. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU uses 12 GB of LPDDR5X on a 128-bit bus, yielding 102.4 GB/s. That is a 3.1x bandwidth advantage for the AMD card. The AMD card's memory clock is 2518 MHz (20.1 Gbps effective) versus 800 MHz (6.4 Gbps effective) for the NVIDIA part.

The nearest rivals in the database for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP show how tightly its average score clusters. The NVIDIA CMP 30HX averages 63,842, a delta of 0 percent. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M averages 63,775, a delta of 0.1 percent. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 averages 63,693, a delta of 0.2 percent. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100 averages 64,212, a delta of -0.6 percent. The Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is effectively at parity with all four of these cards in average benchmark score, with the largest recorded gap being less than a single percentage point.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP wins on every measured compute and memory metric in the database. It has more shading units (2,048 versus 1,536), more texture mapping units (128 versus 48), more ROPs (64 versus 16), and more ray tracing cores (32 versus 12). The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU counters with more tensor cores: 48 versus none recorded for the AMD card. The NVIDIA part also has a 2:1 FP16 ratio, doubling its FP16 throughput relative to FP32, while the AMD card runs FP16 at 1:1.

The AMD card is a desktop add-in board with a dual-slot cooler, a 1x 8-pin power connector, a 300 W suggested PSU, and a PCIe 5.0 x16 bus interface. It outputs 1x HDMI 2.1b and 2x DisplayPort 2.1a. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU is a console-oriented chip with no display outputs of its own, no bus interface listed, no power connectors listed, and no suggested PSU. Its recorded dimensions are 272 mm by 116 mm by 14 mm, which is the physical size of the host console device rather than a standalone graphics card.

Power consumption splits the two clearly. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP has a TDP of 140 W. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU has a TDP of 40 W. The NVIDIA chip is designed for a 3.5x lower power envelope, which matches its role as a mobile console component. The AMD card uses a 4 nm TSMC process, while the NVIDIA chip uses an 8 nm Samsung process. The AMD die is 199 mm², and the NVIDIA die is 200 mm². The AMD chip contains 29,700 million transistors, giving a transistor density of 149.2M per mm². The NVIDIA transistor count is not recorded.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is built on RDNA 4.0, uses the Navi 44 chip, and belongs to the Navi IV (RX 9000) generation. It is manufactured on a 4 nm process at TSMC. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU is built on Ampere, uses the GA10B chip, and is classified as a Console GPU for Nintendo. It is manufactured on an 8 nm process at Samsung. The AMD part is in the Radeon RX 9000 series; the NVIDIA part has no series entry recorded.

The AMD card has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray tracing cores. It has no tensor cores recorded. The NVIDIA chip has 1,536 shading units, 48 TMUs, 16 ROPs, 12 ray tracing cores, and 48 tensor cores. The NVIDIA part's tensor core count is its one structural advantage, and it is also the only one of the two with a recorded tensor core presence.

Both GPUs support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The API feature sets are therefore identical in the database, even though the underlying architectures differ by a full generation. The AMD card is the newer design, with a release date of 2025-12-16. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU has a release date of 2025-06-04. The AMD card's predecessor is listed as Navi III, and it has no successor. The NVIDIA part has no predecessor or successor recorded.

Clock behavior differs substantially. The AMD card has a base clock of 1380 MHz, a boost clock of 3050 MHz, and a game clock of 2450 MHz. The NVIDIA chip has a base clock of 561 MHz and a boost clock of 1400 MHz, with no game clock recorded. The AMD boost clock is 2.2x higher than the NVIDIA boost clock. The AMD memory clock of 2518 MHz (20.1 Gbps effective) compares to 800 MHz (6.4 Gbps effective) for the NVIDIA part.

The AMD card's 16 GB GDDR6 memory is larger than the NVIDIA chip's 12 GB LPDDR5X memory. Both use a 128-bit bus, but the memory type and clock difference produce the bandwidth gap noted earlier. The AMD card's pixel rate of 195.2 GPixel/s is 8.7x the NVIDIA part's 22.40 GPixel/s. The AMD texture rate of 390.4 GTexel/s is 5.8x the NVIDIA part's 67.20 GTexel/s.

The Verdict

The data indicates the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is the stronger GPU by a wide margin on every recorded compute, memory, and output metric. Its FP32 throughput is 5.8x higher, its memory bandwidth is 3.1x higher, its pixel rate is 8.7x higher, and its texture rate is 5.8x higher. It also carries more shading units, TMUs, ROPs, and ray tracing cores, and it uses a newer 4 nm process with a much higher transistor density. Its average benchmark score of 63,830 places it in the 89th percentile, and its nearest rivals sit within 0.6 percent of that score in either direction, confirming that the measured result is consistent with a mid-range desktop GPU cluster.

The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU is a different class of product. Its 40 W TDP is 3.5x lower than the AMD card's 140 W TDP. It has 48 tensor cores where the AMD card has none recorded, and its FP16 rate of 8.602 TFLOPS is double its FP32 rate, which suggests a design oriented toward mixed-precision workloads. Its 12 GB of LPDDR5X memory and 102.4 GB/s of bandwidth are sufficient for a console-class 128-bit memory system, but they are far below the AMD card's 16 GB GDDR6 and 322.3 GB/s.

Who should pick which: the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is the choice for a desktop system that needs a PCIe 5.0 x16 card with HDMI 2.1b and DisplayPort 2.1a outputs, a dual-slot cooler, and an 8-pin power connection. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU is the choice for a fixed-function console platform with no display outputs of its own, no expansion slot, and a 40 W power budget. The benchmark database contains results for the AMD card only; the NVIDIA part has no recorded benchmarks, so its performance cannot be compared directly from measurements.

FAQ

Q: What is the average benchmark score of the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP?

A: The average benchmark score is 63,830, which places it in the 89th percentile of all GPUs in the database.

Q: Does the NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU have any benchmark results?

A: No. The database lists no benchmark entries for the NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU, and its average benchmark score is recorded as 0.

Q: How much memory does each GPU have?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU has 12 GB of LPDDR5X on a 128-bit bus.

Q: What are the FP32 compute figures for both GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP delivers 24.99 TFLOPS FP32. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU delivers 4.301 TFLOPS FP32.

Q: Which GPU has tensor cores?

A: The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU has 48 tensor cores. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP has no tensor core count recorded in the database.

Q: What is the TDP of each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP has a TDP of 140 W. The NVIDIA Switch 2 GPU has a TDP of 40 W.