Is it worth upgrading?

A newer card winning every row of a comparison table does not make it worth buying. This works out how much faster it actually is at your resolution, what that improvement costs per percentage point, and whether a cheaper card would get you most of the way there.

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The card you have now

The card you are considering

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Which of these do you play? Optional. Sizes the estimate against the most demanding one.

RX 7600 → RX 9060 XT 8GB at 1440p

Worth upgrading

Recommended

Performance gain: +34.8%; Estimated, native
Measured cross-check: Not tested
Upgrade cost: $299; Price of the new card
Cost per 1% gained: $8.6

What you gain

In favour: Estimated 34.8% more performance at 1440p.
In favour: Estimated frame rate moves from roughly 40-60 FPS to 55-80 FPS.
In favour: 66.7% stronger in ray-traced workloads.
In favour: Adds FSR 4.
In favour: Works out at about $8.6 per percentage point of performance gained.

Compare them side by side About the RX 9060 XT 8GB

The two cards side by side

Key differences between the RX 7600 and the RX 9060 XT 8GB
Measure	RX 7600	RX 9060 XT 8GB	Change
Estimated FPS at 1440p	40-60	55-80	+34.8%
VRAM	8 GB	8 GB	No change
Board power	165 W	150 W	-15 W
Ray tracing index	15	25	+66.7%
Price on record	$269	$299	+$30
Launched	May 25, 2023	June 5, 2025	2 years apart

Where these numbers come from

Performance gain: CompareYourGPU estimated index, native resolution, no upscaling.
VRAM, board power and features: manufacturer specifications.
Prices: launch MSRP. CompareYourGPU holds no verified street price for these cards, so the cost per percentage point is a reference figure rather than what you would pay today.
The cost of the upgrade is the price of the new card. CompareYourGPU does not model what your current card might sell for.