RX 9070 GRE let down by 12GB of VRAM, falls behind last-gen 7900 GRE in 4K benchmarks
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If you pay close attention to AMD’s GPU launches, you may know that the brand has released a few China-exclusive GRE models in recent years. Golden Rabbit Edition (now known as Great Radeon Edition) cards include the RX 7900 GRE, RX 7650 GRE, and, most recently, the RX 9070 GRE. Although last-gen models eventually came to the West, the new 9000 series GPU isn’t widely available yet – but a German publication recently got hold of one for review.
Benchmarks from ComputerBase show how the RX 9070 GRE holds up against the existing models, and it’s a close match to the RX 7900 GRE before it. The 7900 GRE is essentially a cut-down version of the RX 7900 XT, just as the 9070 GRE is a weaker 9070. The newest GRE card has an MSRP of 4,199 RMB in China, which translates to around $585 USD.
Faster in the 1440p, slightly slower in 4K versus the 7900 GRE
Moving on to benchmarks, we can see that the two GRE cards are extremely close, with the 9070 GRE slightly ahead of the last-gen 7900 GRE in 1440p benchmarks. In contrast, the 9070 GRE is 14% slower than the base 9070 in native and, with ray tracing, the base model is 25% faster than the GRE, which seems to be related to the reduced amount of VRAM (16GB versus 12GB).
RX 9070 GRE benchmarks, 1440p native, source: ComputerBase
RX 9070 GRE benchmarks, 4K native, source: ComputerBase
In native 4K, the last-gen 7900 GRE actually overtakes the 9070 GRE, albeit not by much. It’s also only 2% faster with ray tracing. When compared to the RX 9070, the 9070 GRE is noticeably slower in both native and ray-traced scenarios, as high as 26% slower. ComputerBase does note fluctuating results with 4K ray tracing, as both models are pushing their memory limits.
If the RX 9070 GRE comes to the United States, it will surely retail below the $549 MSRP of the base 9070 model, though we’ll have to wait and see exactly how this pans out. If AMD ensures it is sufficiently below, it could prove to be a good value RNDA 4 option that sits somewhere between the RX 7800 XT and RX 9070.
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