AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE
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The 12GB member of AMD's RDNA4 desktop line, now a global SKU ($549) after a year as a China-only 'Golden Rabbit Edition'. Navi 48, 48 CUs, 192-bit, 432 GB/s, 220W. Sits between the 5060 Ti 16GB and 5070 that buyers cross-shop it against.
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Sub-scores sum to 381 / 1000. Headline = 381 × 0.70 (Estimated-confidence discount) = 267. This is an algorithmic performance-tier score — distinct from, and often lower than, the editorial “Our verdict” below, which weighs value and real-world fit (especially for hardware we haven’t measured yet). How scoring works →
Extrapolated from 432 GB/s bandwidth — 43.2 tok/s estimated. No measured benchmarks yet.
Plain-English: Comfortable at 14B and below — snappy enough for a coding agent.
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What it does well
The RX 9070 GRE rounds out AMD's RDNA4 desktop lineup with a 12GB option at $549. RDNA4's improved AI throughput and solid 432 GB/s bandwidth make it a capable 7-13B LLM card, and ROCm support on RDNA4 has matured to where llama.cpp (HIP/Vulkan) and Ollama work well on Linux. For raster gaming plus occasional local AI it's a reasonable dual-purpose card, and the price undercuts NVIDIA's 12GB tier.
Where it struggles
12GB is mid-pack and an awkward middle for local AI: more than the VRAM-starved 8GB cards but short of the 16GB you'd want for comfortable 13B+ work — and the directly-comparable RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and RX 9060 XT 16GB give you 4GB more for similar money. AMD's software story, while much better than it was, still trails CUDA on Windows specifically (ROCm is Linux-first) and on day-one support for new model architectures. The 'GRE' positioning is also a bit redundant next to the 9070 and 9070 XT.
Bottom line
A fine ROCm/Vulkan card for 7-13B LLMs and gaming, but the 12GB capacity is its limiting factor for local AI — a 16GB card (9060 XT 16GB or 5060 Ti 16GB) is usually the smarter buy at this price. Pick the GRE if you specifically want this performance tier and run Linux.
Overview
The 12GB member of AMD's RDNA4 desktop line, now a global SKU ($549) after a year as a China-only 'Golden Rabbit Edition'. Navi 48, 48 CUs, 192-bit, 432 GB/s, 220W. Sits between the 5060 Ti 16GB and 5070 that buyers cross-shop it against.
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Specs
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Power draw (peak) | 220 W |
| Released | 2026 |
| MSRP | $549 |
| Backends | ROCm Vulkan |
Models that fit
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