AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE gets global launch with 12GB memory
VideoCardz has learned that AMD is launching the Radeon RX 9070 GRE globally on June 1. The card will carry a $549 starting price, which puts it directly into the same MSRP slot as the Radeon RX 9070 non-XT at launch.
The Radeon RX 9070 GRE is not a new GPU. AMD introduced this model last year as a China-focused Radeon 9000 series card. It uses a cut-down Navi 48 GPU with 48 Compute Units and 3,072 Stream Processors, paired with 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. AMD lists memory bandwidth at up to 432 GB/s and board power at 220W.
Same price as the RX 9070 at launch
The $549 price is the most interesting part of the global launch. This is the same MSRP AMD announced for the Radeon RX 9070, which has 16GB of memory and a wider 256-bit bus. Interestingly, AMD’s own comparison slide now lists the RX 9070 as “starting at $619”, so it is not clear whether the non-XT model is being moved up, reduced in availability, or simply compared using current retail pricing rather than launch MSRP. The PCPartPicker confirms that RX 9070 is now sold for $599+.
Source: PCPartPicker
ASUS, Sapphire and XFX are the first board partners tied to the global rollout. Retail listings have already shown the ASUS PRIME RX 9070 GRE O12G, Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 GRE Gaming OC 12GB and XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 GRE Triple Fan models, including a white XFX variant. These are custom cards, as AMD has not shown a reference model for this SKU.
Official performance
AMD’s internal performance claims compare the RX 9070 GRE against GeForce RTX 50 series cards at 1440p Ultra settings on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D system. AMD claims the GRE is 22% faster on average than the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB across more than 40 games and offers 26% better value based on its pricing comparison. Against the GeForce RTX 5070, AMD claims a smaller 2% performance lead and 4% better value . These are AMD-provided numbers, so independent reviews will be needed for final performance data. And based on what we heard, reviews should go live on June 1st as well, just before Computex as we told you.
| Radeon RX 9000 Series Specifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | AMD Radeon RX 9070 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12GB |
| Picture |  |  | |
| GPU | Navi 48 XTX | Navi 48 XT | Navi 48 XL |
| Cores | 4096 | 3584 | 3072 |
| Boost Clock | ~2.97 GHz | ~2.52 GHz | ~2.79 GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Speed | 20 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 18 Gbps |
| Memory Bandwidth | 640 GB/s | 640 GB/s | 432 GB/s |
| Max Board Power | 304W | 220W | 220W |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 5.0×16 | PCIe 5.0×16 | PCIe 5.0×16 |
| MSRP | $599 | $549 | 4199 RMB (China) $549 (US) |
| Release Date | March 2025 | March 2025 | May 2025 (China) June 2026 (US) |
Source: VideoCardz
