First RX 9070 GRE reviews: 28% faster vs RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB but falls short of AMD’s claims
AMD announced the Radeon RX 9070 GRE exclusively for the Chinese market in late April. The newest RDNA 4 card features the same Navi 48 GPU as the RX 9070 and the RX 9070 XT, alongside 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. AMD claimed that, even when the RX 9070 GRE featured a cut-down Navi 44, the card is powerful enough to beat the RX 7900 GRE at 1440p.
This was a pretty exciting performance claim since the RX 9070 GRE was introduced at a starting price of just RMB 4,199 or ~$582. In contrast, the RTX 5070, the main competitor of the RX 9070 GRE, has an MSRP of 4,599 RMB in China, around 9.5% more than the RX 9070 GRE. First performance reviews of the RX 9070 GRE have now gone online, and the RX 9070 GRE, while not as fast as AMD's assertions, appears to be a solid performer.
RX 9070 GRE synthetic and gaming performance
Starting with the synthetic 3DMark test suite, 163.com reports that the RX 9070 GRE is around 30% faster than the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB and around 8% slower than the RTX 5070. Smzdm reports around the same performance for the RX 9070 GRE.
Moving to gaming tests, the RX 9070 GRE appears to be significantly faster than the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB and only marginally behind the RTX 5070. Per a video review posted by Carbon Based Technology on bilibili, the RX 9070 GRE is:
- 15% slower than the RX 9070
- Around 4% slower than the RTX 5070
- 28% faster than the RTX 5060 Ti
Interestingly, the RX 9070 GRE also seems to perform the same as the RX 7900 GRE at 1440p. AMD previously claimed that the RX 9070 GRE enjoys a 6% lead over the RX 7900 GRE at 2K. So, the review by Carbon Based Technology debunks this claim.
The RX 9070 GRE performs worse at 4K. This is likely due to the board’s 33% memory bandwidth deficit vs the RX 9070. At 4K, the RX 9070 GRE is reportedly:
- 18% slower than the RX 9070
- 9% slower than the RTX 5070
- On par with the RX 7900 GRE
Additionally, the ray tracing performance of the RX 9070 GRE is seemingly quite good. Expreview claims that, save for the Nvidia-sponsored Cyberpunk 2077, the RX 9070 GRE performs at the same level as the RTX 5070 in games like F1 24 and Assassin’s Creed: Shadows.
All in all, the RX 9070 GRE seems like a pretty impressive card. The GPU rivals the RTX 5070 while costing less. The difference in performance between the cards is so small that Expreview advises gamers not to be “so fussy” as the “actual experience is the same”.
Sadly, the RX 9070 GRE is exclusive to China, for the time being. When and if the card sees a global launch remains unknown.
Source(s)
VideoCardz, Expreview, 163.com, Carbon Based Technology on bilibili, Teaser image: AMD, Cassi Josh on Unsplash, edited
