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Can I run Palworld with a Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?

In Palworld the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 4070 that defines high, and 32% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super that defines ultra.

Of the 7 cards that reach this same point in Palworld, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is the slowest - index 26 is the least this game will accept for that tier among the hardware we track.

estimated index 26 · 16 GB · 2025
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at high

Comfortably above the recommended tier, with room for higher settings.

Headroom
exactly on the line on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high cleared
  4. ultra blocked by GPU

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 26 against the 38 that Palworld asks for at the ultra tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Palworld: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Palworld the processor beside a Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs at minimum system memory
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at minimum system memory

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super

The Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB sits at index 26 and the ultra tier starts at 38.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the ultra tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

Where to look: GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Palworld, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 9 18 26 38 26
CPU index 45 62 65 86 0
Video memory 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 16 GB
System memory 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 40 GB 40 GB 40 GB 40 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

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Questions

Will a Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB run Palworld?
In Palworld the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 4070 that defines high, and 32% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super that defines ultra. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 16 GB of video memory enough for Palworld?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 16 GB of video memory does in Palworld.

More on this card: what the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB runs across every game we track.