"A pretty garbage deal from AMD": New Radeon RX 9070 GRE performs 16% worse vs RX 9070 despite launching at same MSRP
A year after its availability in China, AMD has brought the Radeon RX 9070 GRE to the US and other regions. The card is meant to be a cheaper alternative to the RX 9070 and a direct competitor to the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB and the RTX 5070. However, the RX 9070 GRE fails to make a solid case for itself in Hardware Unboxed’s review.
Per HU’s testing of 15 games at 1440p, the RX 9070 GRE essentially matches the performance of the RX 7900 GRE and falls 16% behind the RX 9070. It is also 5% slower than the RTX 5070. However, the RX 9070 GRE is 25% faster than the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB at 1440p. At 4K, the RX 9070 GRE shows a similar performance deficit to the RTX 5070 and the RX 9070.
Moving on to the average ray tracing performance in seven tested titles at 1440p, the RX 9070 GRE is not particularly impressive. It is 10% slower than the RTX 5070 and 17% slower than the RX 9070. The RX 9070 GRE’s only real advantage here is against the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, where the Radeon card is 17% faster.
Power-consumption-wise, the RX 9070 GRE sits between the RX 9070 and the RTX 5070. It consumes much less than the RX 9070 but gets handily beaten by the RTX 5070.
Where things fall apart for the RX 9070 GRE
In a vacuum, the RX 9070 GRE could be considered a pretty solid GPU. It is much faster than the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB and only marginally behind the RTX 5070. However, AMD has priced the RX 9070 GRE too close to the RX 9070. HU calls the RX 9070 GRE "a waste of time" at the official $549 MSRP.
HU notes that the RX 9070 GRE delivers a 9% worse cost per frame than the RX 9070. At $549, the RX 9070 GRE is only $50 less than the RX 9070, which you can currently find for $599 on Amazon. HU argues that the RX 9070 costing just $50 more for 4 GB extra VRAM and 16% better raster performance than the RX 9070 GRE has made the latter a pretty unremarkable option. It would’ve been much better if the RX 9070 GRE had launched at $500 or less.
The RX 9070 GRE makes much more sense when we compare it to the RTX 5070 and the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, as Nvidia GeForce GPUs have seen a worse price increase compared to AMD Radeon cards. For instance, the cheapest RTX 5070 on Amazon, at the time of writing, is a $607 MSI Ventus Black RTX 5070 that is on sale at a 7% discount. So, normally, you’d be looking at an RTX 5070 that is much more than $600.
For the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, you’ll need to shell out $549.99 on Amazon to get an Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB. So, the RX 9070 GRE makes more sense here.
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