AMD’s RDNA 4 mid-range has quietly become a three-horse race. The Radeon RX 9070 GRE, RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT all share the same Navi 48 silicon and the same FSR 4 feature set, but they are cut and priced to chase three different sweet spots. With the GRE now going global after starting life as a China-only card, plenty of you are trying to work out which of the trio deserves your money. Here’s how they line up.
AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Specifications
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 9070 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | AMD | AMD | AMD |
| Series | RX 9000 Series | RX 9000 Series | RX 9000 Series |
| VRAM Generation | GDDR6 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Core Count | 3584 | 3072 | 4096 |
| Boost Clock | 2700 MHz | 2790 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| TDP | 220 W | 220 W | 304 W |
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GeekaWhat Verdict
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Overall Score
A powerful 1440p GPU that goes head-to-head with the RTX 5070 at a similar price.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE
Overall Score
Rough around the edges, yet it nails the 1440p brief. Flawed by the market, not the card itself.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Overall Score
A powerhouse that takes the fight to NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti for significantly less cash.
Our Verdict
Think of these three as good, better and best cut from the same cloth. The RX 9070 XT sits at the top, with the most compute, the full 256-bit memory bus and 16GB of VRAM, and it is comfortably the fastest of the trio at around 34 percent quicker than the GRE across a big spread of games. If you want the most frames for maxed-out 1440p or entry-level 4K, and you can stomach the higher price and the extra power it pulls, it's the pick of the bunch.
The standard RX 9070 keeps the full 16GB of memory and the wider bus, trails the XT by a sensible margin rather than a chasm, and draws noticeably less power. At its going rate it's the balanced choice: strong at 1440p, capable at 4K with FSR, and with enough VRAM to age gracefully.
That leaves the RX 9070 GRE, the most specialised of the three. AMD has taken the same Navi 48 chip and trimmed it back to 48 compute units, paired with a narrower 192-bit bus, less Infinity Cache and 12GB of VRAM rather than 16GB. Where it earns its keep is 1440p, where it still puts in a strong shift with FSR 4 doing plenty of the heavy lifting. The thing to keep in mind is that smaller 12GB buffer and trimmed bandwidth, which are the first things to feel the strain if you push it to 4K or lean hard on ray tracing. Treat it as a focused 1440p card rather than a do-everything one and it makes a lot more sense.
