Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 GRE OC 12GB GDDR6
The Radeon RX 9070 GRE chip, built on 4nm RDNA 4, delivers 2920 MHz boost clocks and 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, paired with a triple-fan WINDFORCE cooler that uses server-grade thermal gel and Hawk fans for quiet operation. A dual BIOS switch lets you toggle between Performance and Silent modes, while the reinforced structure and RGB lighting add durability and customization without inflating the price. This card suits gamers on a budget who want solid 1440p ray tracing performance and FSR 4 support, though its AI and LLM workloads score a weak 52.5 out of 100.
GPU Radeon RX 9070 GRE
VRAM 12GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2920 MHz
TDP 220 W
Memory Bus 192 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
80 Overall Score
Price $730
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong connectivity (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong social proof (82nd percentile) 82nd
Cons
The proof
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 | 2340 |
| Boost Clock | 2920 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 72.25 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 36.13 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 23571 |
| GPU Compute | 13823 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 220 |
| Recommended PSU | 750 |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI-E 5.0 |
| DisplayPort | 2 |
| HDMI | 2 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 288 |
| Slot Width | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Weight | 1.0 kg / 2.2 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | FSR 4 |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 GRE OC | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 GRE | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Vram | 12GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2920 | 2685 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 | 2450 |
| Tdp W | 220 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 | 300 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 192 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| 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 | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 GRE OC | 66 | 72.3 | 56.2 | 63.5 | 78.9 | 96.4 | 70.4 | 88.9 | 82.3 | 51.8 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 90.1 | 59.1 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 18.5 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79 | 92.1 | 85.3 | 88.4 | 87.8 | 96.4 | 73.6 | 94.1 | 88.7 | 20.7 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 59.1 | 94.1 | 99 | 19.7 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 83.5 | 95.4 | 84.5 | 54.7 | 98.7 | 78.2 | 15.2 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 79 | 92.1 | 85.3 | 88.4 | 87.8 | 67 | 73.6 | 82.2 | 99 | 35 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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