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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

For running models locally, priced in Canada. At 32k context the first runs 33 models fully in memory, the second 33.

In short

Both have 16 GB of memory for models; the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB has 320 GB/s of bandwidth and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 640 GB/s. At 32k context both run the same 33 models we track fully in memory. On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 2.0× as fast as the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (estimated, median across models). In Canada the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB costs $968 at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT $1,110 at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is $142 cheaper.

Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

$968

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

$1,110

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Specifications

SpecAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPURadeon RX 9060 XT 16GBRadeon RX 9070 XT
Memory16 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR6
Memory bus128-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s640 GB/s
FP16 compute103 TFLOPS195 TFLOPS
SoftwareROCmROCm
Board power160 W304 W
PCIe generationGen 5Gen 5
PCIe lanesx16x16

What each runs

Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.

ModelAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
gpt-oss 20B33tok/sMXFP465tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B13tok/sQ8_026tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B17tok/sQ8_033tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B12tok/sQ4_K_M25tok/sQ4_K_M
Ministral 3 14B12tok/sQ5_K_M24tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B13tok/sQ8_026tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B13tok/sQ8_026tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B31tok/sQ8_063tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B13tok/sQ8_026tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B12tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B19tok/sQ8_038tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B40tok/sQ8_079tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B16tok/sQ6_K32tok/sQ6_K
Qwen2.5 0.5B189tok/sQ8_0377tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B143tok/sQ8_0285tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B95tok/sQ5_K_M190tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B62tok/sQ8_0124tok/sQ8_0
MiniCPM5 2B43tok/sQ8_086tok/sQ8_0
Spark X2.5 4B41tok/smlx-4bit82tok/smlx-4bit
LFM2.5 2.6B36tok/sQ8_072tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B36tok/sQ8_072tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B Thinking 250636tok/sQ4_K_M72tok/sQ4_K_M
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking33tok/sQ8_067tok/sQ8_0
FrogNano 4B 260931tok/sQ8_061tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B30tok/smlx-6bit60tok/smlx-6bit
granite vision 4.1 4b28tok/sQ8_056tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b27tok/sQ8_054tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4 9B 041418tok/smlx-5bit37tok/smlx-5bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B18tok/sQ8_035tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash16tok/sQ8_031tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B14tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking13tok/smlx-8bit27tok/smlx-8bit
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 251213tok/sQ8_026tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 4 119Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 26B-A4Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3Boffloadoffload
GLM 4.7 Flashoffloadoffload
Devstral Small 2 24Boffloadoffload
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 32Boffloadoffload
Gemma 3 27Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Boffloadoffload
Phi-4 14Boffloadoffload
LFM2.5 24B A2Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14Boffloadoffload
Devstral Small 2507offloadoffload
Magistral Small 2506offloadoffload
Magistral Small 2507offloadoffload
Magistral Small 2509offloadoffload
Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATEDoffloadoffload
granite 4.2 30boffloadoffload
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Nextwon't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.7won't runwon't run
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Coder Nextwon't runwon't run
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Zerowon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3 0324won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminuswon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.2won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Expwon't runwon't run
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512won't runwon't run
GLM 4.5won't runwon't run
GLM 4.5Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.6won't runwon't run
GLM 4.6Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.7won't runwon't run
GLM 5won't runwon't run
GLM 5.1won't runwon't run
GLM 5.2won't runwon't run
GLM 5.3won't runwon't run
Kimi Dev 72Bwon't runwon't run
Kimi K2won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Instruct 0905won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Thinkingwon't runwon't run
Kimi K2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.1won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M3won't runwon't run
Mistral Medium 3.5 128Bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB or the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
Choose the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT for speed. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB or the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
At 32k context both run the same 33 models we track fully in memory.
Which is faster for local AI, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB or the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 2.0× as fast as the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
In Canada the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB costs $968 at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT $1,110 at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is $142 cheaper.

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