The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE has been a China-only product since its regional debut last year, and for a while it looked like it might stay that way. VideoCardz has obtained images of Sapphire retail packaging for the card with full English branding on the Sapphire PULSE version, replacing the Chinese product naming Sapphire typically uses for its regional lineup.
The hardware itself is not new. The RX 9070 GRE runs AMD’s Navi 48 XL die with 3,072 stream processors across 48 compute units, paired with 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. That gives it 432 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a boost clock up to 2,790 MHz, with a 220W board power rating. It sits between the standard RX 9070 and the RX 9060 XT in the RDNA 4 stack. Independent testing published in China put it roughly 29% faster than the RX 9060 XT 16GB at 1440p rasterization and about 17% ahead in ray tracing, making it a reasonable mid-range option for 1440p gaming if the global price lands sensibly.
The English packaging is not the only data point. Sapphire PULSE and PURE variants of the RX 9070 GRE have appeared on Newegg as marketplace listings, attributed to Chinese third-party sellers rather than official US distributors, which is not a clean launch signal but does suggest inventory is moving toward the US. A Walmart marketplace listing for a MOGPC prebuilt desktop has also surfaced mentioning a Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12GB in its specifications. Multiple regional outlets including Overclocking.com now believe a worldwide launch is expected at or around Computex 2026, which opens in Taipei next week.
AMD has used this playbook before. The RX 7650 GRE and RX 7900 GRE both launched as China-exclusives before eventually finding their way into global markets, though the RX 7650 GRE never made the jump. The English packaging, the timing relative to Computex, and the Newegg activity together make a more credible case than past GRE rumors. It also makes a certain amount of competitive sense: with NVIDIA rumored to be preparing RTX 50 Super variants, having a 12GB mid-range RDNA 4 card in the $350-$400 range globally gives AMD another option to defend market share in the QHD sweet spot.
Nothing is confirmed yet. AMD has not made an official announcement, and the Newegg listings are marketplace entries rather than first-party distribution. But the pieces are aligning, and Computex is days away. If you have been sitting on the fence between an RX 9070 and something cheaper, it may be worth seeing what the next week brings before committing.
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It's a 9070... only slightly slower than the 9070xt... wouldn't that be a 9060?
it's slightly slower than a 9070 with less VRAM.
it is a 12gb card. all other amd cards are 16gb. igor says the price of 16gb cards is shooting up when current inventory gets depleted
Overpriced Chinese market slop
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I had a different opinion.
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Yes, I read it. Good review, but bad bang for buck card. MSI 5070 on Amazon is $606, comes with the 007 game, has a superior software stack, and better vram management in windows. Easy pick really.
I'll be doing a direct 9070 GRE vs 5070 review, so that will be interesting.
It trades blows with the 5070, according to J2C's charts. Could argue the 5070 will have better RT performance and definitely a better encoder.
I really want AMD to come out swinging with a bad ass card that people can afford. This middle tier expensive anyway video card isn't the way to do it. Honestly I get it, they want to hit more price points so people have product they can buy and enjoy... I'm just hard pressed... if you're budget limited in a real way getting into PC gaming right now.... has to be a horrible experience.
It is close in raster loses with RT. Had vram spillover in a game when the 5070 did not. DLSS is still the gold standard for upscaling. The 007 game code can be sold if the buyer does not want it. Otherwise that makes it close to the same price. Simply no reason for windows gamers to buy the rabbit. Much more viable choice for Linux gamers, where AMD vram management is improving all the time, and the user experience is consider by the majority to be the most polished.
Looking forward to it.
I confess it is possible I am being too harsh on the rascally rabbit. As it strikes me as being a better card the way Fabio tested it, than with the proper review methodology. He used it in a more realistic build, with more realistic settings. I hope he retests in Linux, that would be must watch TV for me. I would not want every reviewer like yourself to test that way. I just think it's a great perspective to add into the mix when weighing what to buy.
He tested so many games too; something for everyone.
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