A few days before Computex, AMD is expanding the distribution of a card which changes above all by its price. At 549 dollars, or approximately 505 euros excluding taxes as an indication, it is placed exactly on the ground occupied at launch by the RX 9070.
RX 9070 GRE: technical sheet and positioning
The model is not new. AMD introduced it last year in China as a variation of the Radeon 9000 series, with a Navi 48 GPU reduced to 48 Compute Units et 3 072 Stream Processors.
The boarding card 12 Go de GDDR6 on a bus 192-bitfor an announced bandwidth up to 432 GB/s. Le TBP est donné à 220 W.
The most notable point remains the price. AMD had communicated an MSRP of 549 dollars for the non-XT RX 9070, but a more recent slide from the brand now shows the RX 9070 at from 619 dollarswhile PCPartPicker shows it today at $599 and up.
The price debate cannot be separated from the way AMD is already positioning its Radeon RDNA 4 range in certain European markets, where the gap with the MSRP quickly changes the perception of the performance/price ratio. A useful insight consists of comparing this new GRE with the evolution of the prices of the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT in Germany, which has become a good thermometer of the market.
Partner cards and performance promises
Global deployment begins with ASUS, Sapphire et XFX. References are already visible among resellers, includingASUS PRIME RX 9070 GRE O12Gthe Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 GRE Gaming OC 12GB and the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 GRE Triple Fanincluding a white variant at XFX.
AMD has not shown a reference model for this SKU. The launch is therefore directly based on custom maps.
Comparison with GeForce RTX 50 at 1440p
AMD’s internal figures were compiled in 1440p Ultra on a configuration equipped with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The brand puts forward an average of 22 % better than the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB on more than 40 jeuxwith a higher announced value of 26 % according to its own price comparison.
Face à la GeForce RTX 5070the claimed gap falls to 2 % in favor of the AMD card, with 4 % of additional value. These are manufacturer data, therefore to be confirmed by independent tests, also expected on June 1.
This launch especially highlights the price shift within the Radeon range. If the RX 9070 GRE settles permanently at $549 while the RX 9070 remains closer to $599 to $619 in retail, AMD recreates an intermediate level that no longer really existed in reality, with 12 GB and a 192-bit bus in exchange for a lower entry ticket.
Source : VideoCardz
