Radeon 9060 XT tipped for May 18 release as AMD confirms Computex 2025 gaming keynote

Something to look forward to: Now that Nvidia has released the RTX 5060 Ti, users are awaiting AMD's answer: the Radeon RX 9060 XT. As the latest generation of graphics cards moves toward the mainstream price tier, most reports place Team Red's upcoming launches around Computex next month.

A poster on Board Channels (via Tom's Hardware) recently claimed that AMD will launch the Radeon RX 9060 XT on May 18, just before Computex. The company recently confirmed that its gaming division will deliver announcements at the Taipei event, sparking speculation that it might unveil the standard 9060. Prior reports shifted the 9060 XT's rumored launch window back and forth between May and June.

AMD hasn't outlined the GPU's specifications yet, but leaks indicate that it utilizes the company's Navi 44 GPU. Other details include 20 Gbps memory on a 120-bit bus, 32 compute units, clock speeds exceeding 3GHz, and a 500W PSU recommendation.

Its primary competitor is Nvidia's recently released RTX 5060 Ti. Our review shows that the Nvidia card's 16GB variant offers a decent performance uplift over the 4060 Ti and generally matches AMD's RX 7700 XT. Team Red's mid-range 9070 and 9070 XT have restored optimism for the Radeon brand, as they compare favorably to Nvidia's 5070 and 5070 Ti, ending a performance disadvantage that affected multiple prior generations. Time will tell if AMD can repeat these results in the commercially important mainstream GPU sector.

Like the RTX 5060 Ti, the RX 9060 XT is expected to come in 16GB and 8GB memory configurations. Customers will likely be disappointed to see the two major manufacturers continue releasing 8GB graphics cards in 2025, as our 8GB RTX 5060 Ti review revealed that halving the memory pool severely limits performance in modern high-end games, even at 1080p.

Meanwhile, the Board Channels post also states that AMD plans to release the RX 9070 GRE in China in the fourth quarter of 2025, sometime before the holiday shopping season begins on November 11. It is expected to trail the standard 9070's performance by around 15 percent and feature 48 CUs, 12GB of VRAM, and a 2.79GHz boost clock.

AMD will likely reveal more information about its upcoming GPUs at Computex next month. Jack Huynh, General Manager of Computing and Graphics, recently confirmed that the company will hold a press conference at the event on May 21 at 11 am local time (May 20 at 11 pm ET).