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AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 128k context the first runs 5 models fully in memory, the second 5.

In short

Both have 16 GB of memory for models; the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT has 288 GB/s of bandwidth and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB 320 GB/s. At 128k context both run the same 5 models we track fully in memory. On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is about 1.1× as fast as the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT (estimated, median across models). In the UK the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT costs £348 at eBay (used) and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB £499 at eBay: the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is £150 cheaper.

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

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

£348

eBay, used (asking)

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

£499

eBay

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Specifications

SpecAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
GPURadeon RX 7600 XTRadeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Memory16 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR6
Memory bus128-bit128-bit
Memory bandwidth288 GB/s320 GB/s
FP16 compute45 TFLOPS103 TFLOPS
SoftwareROCmROCm
Board power190 W160 W
PCIe generationGen 4Gen 5
PCIe lanesx8x16

What each runs

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

ModelAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Gemma 4 12B13tok/sQ6_K14tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 9B11tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B18tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B13tok/sQ8_015tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B13tok/sUD-Q6_K15tok/sUD-Q6_K
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
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
gpt-oss 20Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
Gemma 3 27Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadoffload
Ministral 3 14Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 14Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 8Boffloadoffload
Phi-4 14Boffloadoffload
Ministral 3 8Boffloadoffload
Granite 4.2 8Boffloadoffload
Llama 3.1 8Boffloadoffload
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
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon'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
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 32Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT or the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?
Choose the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB for speed. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT or the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?
At 128k context both run the same 5 models we track fully in memory.
Which is faster for local AI, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT or the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?
On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is about 1.1× as fast as the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?
In the UK the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT costs £348 at eBay (used) and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB £499 at eBay: the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is £150 cheaper.

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