Summary

  • AMD's upcoming RX 9060 XT may come in 8GB and 16GB variants.
  • Nvidia could follow with different versions of the RTX 5060 Ti.
  • Recent listings for the RX 9060 XT and RTX 5060 Ti suggest they'll launch soon.

After the smash success of AMD's RX 9070 XT, Team Red has been pretty quiet about its future plans for RDNA 4 graphics cards. It might not be long until we learn more, though. Several entries have surfaced in the Korean National Radio Research Agency (RRA) database, revealing two Gigabyte models of the unannounced RX 9060 XT. And, as previous rumors suggested, it looks like AMD will serve up the graphics card in 8GB and 16GB varieties.

AMD's RX 9060 XT could be right around the corner

The different VRAM capacities are concerning, though

The listings were spotted by @harukaze5718 on X (via VideoCardz), who has maintained a thread of new RRA entries since 2021. The latest batch of GPUs come from MSI and Gigabyte, and they mostly consist of RTX 5060 Ti models. Nvidia has yet to announce the RTX 5060 Ti, but rumors suggest we'll learn more about the card next week.

Two of the entries, however, concern AMD's next GPU, and they're both from Gigabyte. Both come from Gigabyte's Gaming OC range, and they're both labeled as the RX 9060 XT. But one comes with 8GB of VRAM and the other with 16GB. AMD took a similar approach in the previous generation, releasing the 8GB RX 7600 first before following up with the 16GB RX 7600 XT a few months later. The problem is that these two graphics cards share the exact same GPU. The only thing different between them is their VRAM capacity, despite anywhere from a $60 to $100 increase in price.

8GB graphics cards have some issues in 2025, so a 16GB model of mainstream GPUs makes sense. However, without any improvement to the GPU itself, the extra VRAM and higher price only makes sense in a select number of games that can push past an 8GB frame buffer. These listings don't confirm that AMD will follow the same game plan as it did in the previous generation. There could be more significant spec differences between the two models, but the listings still suggest they'll be similar.

On the Nvidia front, there are also listings for 16GB and 8GB models of the RTX 5060 Ti. This GPU seems much closer to release, given that benchmarks have already surfaced for the card. Nvidia also offered 16GB and 8GB models of the RTX 4060 Ti, and it looks like it's following the same strategy this generation.

Mainstream graphics cards are in an awkward spot right now. Although most games don't need more than 8GB of VRAM at 1080p, recent titles like Indiana and the Great Circle and the upcoming Doom: The Dark Ages are challenging the status quo. The compromise for AMD and Nvidia seems to be two models of the same GPU. Intel, on the other hand, took the approach of higher VRAM capacity out of the gate with the Arc B580.