AMD has introduced the Radeon RX 9070 GRE, a new graphics card based on the company’s RDNA 4 GPU architecture.
The card comes with 12GB of VRAM and launches at $549. It is part of AMD’s Radeon RX 9000 series lineup.
The GRE name stands for Golden Rabbit Edition. These models are usually aimed at the Asia Pacific markets, although AMD has recently started bringing some GRE products to global markets as well.
The Radeon RX 9070 GRE comes with 48 RDNA 4 compute units, 48 third-generation ray tracing accelerators, and 96 second-generation AI accelerators.
The GPU has a boost clock of up to 2.79GHz.
For memory, the card includes 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM on a 192-bit interface. It offers around 482GB/s of memory bandwidth.
The graphics card has a 220W total board power rating.
The Radeon RX 9070 GRE is positioned as a lower specification version of the Radeon RX 9070 non-XT.
The RX 9070 GRE has 48 compute units, while the RX 9070 has 56 compute units. It also has 48 ray tracing accelerators compared with 58 on the RX 9070, and 96 AI accelerators compared with 112.
The GRE model has a higher boost clock at 2.79GHz, compared with 2.52GHz on the RX 9070.
However, the standard RX 9070 has more memory and bandwidth. It comes with 16GB of VRAM on a 256-bit bus and offers 644GB/s of bandwidth, compared with 12GB, a 192-bit bus, and 482GB/s on the RX 9070 GRE.
Both cards carry the same 220W board power rating.
The main issue with the RX 9070 GRE is pricing.
AMD has priced the card at $549, which is the same MSRP as the Radeon RX 9070 non-XT. That makes the GRE version difficult to position, as the regular RX 9070 offers stronger specifications and more memory.
Current retail pricing for the RX 9070 16GB is around $599, which is $50 above its original MSRP. Rising memory and component costs are being blamed for the higher retail price.
Even then, the RX 9070 non-XT may offer better value for buyers who can spend $50 more. A $499 price would have made the RX 9070 GRE more reasonable, while $449 would have been a stronger position for this card.
AMD says the Radeon RX 9070 GRE is aimed at 1440p gaming. The company claims up to 22 percent higher performance than the 16GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti across more than 40 raster and ray tracing games. AMD also claims 26 percent better value.
AMD lists the current retail price of the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at $569. However, one model was found listed for $559 at Newegg.
The RX 9070 GRE may look competitive against the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, but the RTX 5060 Ti itself is not considered a strong value option. The RTX 5070, which currently retails for around $629, may offer better overall performance value.
AMD also highlighted its machine learning technologies for gaming. The company said more than 300 titles now support its ML-based gaming technologies as of this quarter.
AMD is also continuing work on FSR 4, FSR 4.1, and future technologies such as FSR Diamond, which is being designed for the neural rendering era.
The Radeon team also confirmed that FSR 4.1 upscaling will come to Radeon RX 7000 series RDNA 3 GPUs in July. Radeon RX 6000 series RDNA 2 support is scheduled for early 2027.
The Radeon RX 9070 GRE is launching globally today.
The announcement is mixed. The card brings RDNA 4 features, 12GB of VRAM, and 1440p gaming performance, but its $549 price makes it harder to recommend against the stronger Radeon RX 9070.
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