AMD has set a new world record for GPU overclocking with its budget Radeon RX 9060 XT.
Until now, there was only one official 4.0GHz-plus discrete GPU overclocking record on the books, Splave’s GeForce RTX 4090 result. SkatterBencher also hit 4.25GHz, but that was integrated graphics on Intel’s Arrow Lake, not a discrete card.
AMD has now pushed past both, taking one of its RDNA 4 discrete GPUs beyond 4.7GHz.
AMD teamed up with well-known overclocker Splave, who reached 4.769GHz on a Radeon RX 9060 XT at AMD’s Markham office. Splave expected something like 4.4 or 4.5GHz, but was gunning for 5.0GHz, and while that target is still out of reach, this is closer than anyone has managed before.
The rig used Liquid nitrogen cooling which is hardly shocking when the RX 9060 XT’s reference boost clock is 3.13GHz. That makes the record clock almost 1.6GHz above the stock figure, a jump that is daft even by extreme overclocking standards.
AMD’s video is short and light on the juicy details, so there is not much on voltages, power draw or stability beyond the headline number.
On normal air or liquid cooling, the RX 9060 XT can reportedly run at 3.3 to 3.5GHz, but anything beyond 4.0GHz needs extreme cooling. The performance gains will be real, but the setup is not remotely sustainable, which is why this sort of thing stays in the enthusiast sandbox.
