The Radeon RX 9070 GRE has now launched globally at Computex 2026. AMD first introduced the RDNA 4-based GPU in China in May 2025, so this is a wider rollout rather than a brand-new graphics card.
It will be available from board partners starting June 2, in reference and overclocked versions, with a suggested retail price of $549.
AMD is aiming this at 1440p gamers
The RX 9070 GRE comes with 48 RDNA 4 compute units, 48 ray accelerators, 96 AI accelerators, and 3,072 stream processors. It has 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, with up to 432GB/s memory bandwidth and 48MB of Infinity Cache. AMD lists the game clock at 2,220MHz, while the boost clock goes up to 2.79GHz. It uses two 8-pin power connectors and has a 220W typical board power.
AMD claims the card is 21% faster than the competition (RTX 5060 Ti 16GB) on average at 1440p. Its own 1440p Ultra numbers include 100fps in Arc Raiders, 115fps in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, 82fps in The Last of Us Part 2, 86fps in Horizon Forbidden West, 108fps in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and 100fps in Ghost of Tsushima. With ray tracing enabled, AMD lists 144fps in Forza Horizon 5 and 116fps in Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced. AMD mentions that these tests were conducted on a test bench with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, 32 GB DDR5-6000 memory and an X870E motherboard.
The $549 price may be the main concern
On paper, the RX 9070 GRE looks like a capable option for high-refresh 1440p gaming. The question is whether gamers will see enough value at $549.
In a Reddit discussion on r/radeon, several users were not fully convinced by the pricing. Some felt the card sits too close to the regular RX 9070, especially with only 12GB of VRAM. Others argued that it would make more sense at around $449 or $499.
That may become the deciding factor for the RX 9070 GRE. The performance claims are solid, but its appeal will likely depend on how close retail prices stay to AMD’s suggested pricing. It is also worth mentioning that the RX 9070 launched at an MSRP of $549 last year, so it is likely that AMD announces an official price hike for the card in the coming days.
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