Thursday, April 3rd 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB Graphics Cards Allegedly in the Pipeline
AMD and its board partners cleared "phase one" of RDNA 4 earlier on in March, with the launch of Radeon RX 9070 Series graphics cards. At the tail end of special introductory events, Team Red representatives—on both sides of the Pacific—teased a second quarter release of lower end Radeon RX 9060 Series models. A handful of AIBs have registered multiple custom Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB and 8 GB SKUs, so expectations have been set for an imminent arrival. A fresh insider leak suggests that AMD has something else Navi 48 GPU-related in the pipeline; possibly scheduled for launch before rumored Radeon RX 9060 XT cards. Earlier today, IT Home picked up on chatter regarding a mysterious Radeon RX 9070 GRE model. Apparently Zhongzheng Computer (note: machine translated name) issued an intriguing tidbit on its WeChat official account—the March 9 bulletin stated: "friends who don't have enough budget for Radeon RX 9070 XT can wait for RX 9070 GRE, which will have a better price-performance ratio. Radeon RX 9060 XT will have to wait for a while."
Based on this news, VideoCardz believes that Chinese market stock of custom Radeon RX 9070 16 GB (non-XT) cards was not topped up last week. Local sources have observed regional market conditions with almost zero availability—conjecture points to Team Red's local office "deliberately" paving the way for "gap-filling" Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB options. As reported by TechPowerUp on multiple occasions, AMD's "GRE" (aka Golden Rabbit Edition) nomenclature debuted with their introduction of a Radeon 7900 GRE 16 GB model back in 2023—the Year of the Rabbit. This (now) very out-of-date naming scheme was revised earlier this year—with a modernized abbreviation of "Great Radeon Edition." Benchlife.info weighed in on rumors regarding a new-generation GRE package: "(it) uses the same Navi 48 die, that is, the RDNA 4 GPU architecture, as the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 currently on sale, but the memory will be reduced to 12 GB and the memory interface will be 192-bit. Our sources have informed us that the Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB is currently being planned by AIB partners and is ready to enter mass production." VideoCardz has kindly assembled a relevant comparison chart—see below. Naturally, these theorized specifications place the incoming GRE somewhere in between the already released Radeon RX 9070 16 GB cards, and a rumored Radeon RX 9060 XT class.
Sources:
ITHome, Wccftech, VideoCardz, Benchlife.info
Based on this news, VideoCardz believes that Chinese market stock of custom Radeon RX 9070 16 GB (non-XT) cards was not topped up last week. Local sources have observed regional market conditions with almost zero availability—conjecture points to Team Red's local office "deliberately" paving the way for "gap-filling" Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB options. As reported by TechPowerUp on multiple occasions, AMD's "GRE" (aka Golden Rabbit Edition) nomenclature debuted with their introduction of a Radeon 7900 GRE 16 GB model back in 2023—the Year of the Rabbit. This (now) very out-of-date naming scheme was revised earlier this year—with a modernized abbreviation of "Great Radeon Edition." Benchlife.info weighed in on rumors regarding a new-generation GRE package: "(it) uses the same Navi 48 die, that is, the RDNA 4 GPU architecture, as the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 currently on sale, but the memory will be reduced to 12 GB and the memory interface will be 192-bit. Our sources have informed us that the Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB is currently being planned by AIB partners and is ready to enter mass production." VideoCardz has kindly assembled a relevant comparison chart—see below. Naturally, these theorized specifications place the incoming GRE somewhere in between the already released Radeon RX 9070 16 GB cards, and a rumored Radeon RX 9060 XT class.
19 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB Graphics Cards Allegedly in the Pipeline
Golden Snake Edition :p
9070 pb < 9070 sempron < 9070 GRE < 9070 < 9070 xt < 9070 xtx < 9070 ti < 9070 ti super < 9070 fx
I take that over a 128bit 9060xt.
i doubt 9060xt beat 7800xt so the 9070gre have its place.
specially when the performance of CPUs/GPUs hasnt really seen a major leap lately
i built my PC for almost 2K about 4 or 5 ya with a R9 5900X and a RX6800, at 2560x1080 resolution, I still get over 90 FPS in all the games I play, usually by tweaking settings (medium/high no RT for the most demanding titles) i won’t upgrade until the next PS/XBOX gen arrives
there’s a right time to upgrade, and many youtube ect reviews to made a right choice
Navi 31 XL is an odd duck
RX7900M Navi 31 XL and RX7900GRE Navi 31 XL are unique in the Navi 3x lineup (The GRE being the 'fuller fat' SKU).
Both, operate on a considerably lower voltage curve than the 7900XT and XTX. Both, share packaging form factor w/ Navi 32(RX7800).
Both, appear to be purpose-engineered and efficiency-binned assemblies of Navi 31's GCD and MCDs. -made to 'solder-in' wherever a Navi 32 would otherwise sit.
This 9070 GRE though, is probably exactly like 'salvaging' of old. The rumored specs 100% look like an RX 9070 w/ part of its memory controller left cut/disconnected.Someone hasn't been in this game for long... :laugh:
Sad actually because then the companies see they can get away with these shady practices.
The 9070 -50$ from the 9070XT is already a pisspoor showing from AMD. Now this really? Keep defending these companies and then cry later and ask yourself why they get away with charging the price they do.
AMD's been doing the same, albeit much less aggressively due to the many issues they've been facing with drivers, performance consistency and market adoption rates. The 9070 XT was a step in the right direction, IMHO. They just weren't apt to compete, and needed a solid product with a low cost to drive up market adoption rates, and it fills that role quite nicely.
I can't call the 9070 XT piss poor, because it never pretended to be more than what is advertised on the tin: "solid midranger", and even though it is still affected by the market conditions, that is beyond the vendors' control.