PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 GRE Reaper 12GB GDDR6
Equipped with the RDNA 4 architecture and a 2790 MHz boost clock, this card delivers solid 1440p and passable 4K gaming via 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. The triple-fan Reaper cooler keeps the 289mm, 2-slot card manageable, while PCIe 5.0 x16 and dual 8-pin power connectors ensure broad compatibility. It’s best for 1440p gamers upgrading from older hardware who need modern display outputs like DisplayPort 2.1a without requiring a flagship power supply.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong compute (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong connectivity (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong ai (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
What owners think
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Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 GRE |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 4 |
Memory
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 192 |
| Bandwidth | 644.6 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 3072 |
| Tensor Cores | 112 |
| RT Cores | 48 |
| Base Clock | 2220 |
| Boost Clock | 2790 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 72.25 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 36.13 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 23571 |
| GPU Compute | 13823 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 220 |
| Recommended PSU | 650 |
| Power Connectors | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 289 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.2 kg / 2.7 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 GRE Reaper | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N5080WF3-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 GRE | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 12GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2790 | 2685 | 2482 | 2617 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 220 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 192 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 GRE Reaper | 66.3 | 65.7 | 55.9 | 63.6 | 86.8 | 46.1 | 72.9 | 65.3 | 82 | 60.6 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO Compare | 86.7 | 96.7 | 88.3 | 92.7 | 97.2 | 89.9 | 91.5 | 56 | 94 | 95.4 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85.1 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94 | 88.9 |
| Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N5080WF3-16GD Compare | 86.7 | 95.8 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 89.9 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94 | 95.4 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 86.7 | 97.6 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94 | 99.1 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 42.5 | 98.7 | 78.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Micro Center 1 offer From $700
Amazon 1 offer From $800
Price History
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