Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 GRE PULSE 12GB GDDR6
The RDNA 4 architecture and 2920MHz boost clock deliver solid 1440p gaming, backed by 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus. The PULSE design incorporates a High TG Copper PCB and Digital Power Design for reliable thermal and electrical performance during sustained loads. This card is best for 1440p gamers prioritizing stable frame rates and build durability over 4K or content creation workloads.
GPU Radeon RX 9070 GRE
VRAM 12GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2920 MHz
TDP 220 W
Memory Bus 192 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
45 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong efficiency (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong compute (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
- Below average social proof (12th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 GRE |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 14 |
Memory
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 192 |
| Bandwidth | 112 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 3072 |
| Base Clock | 2340 |
| Boost Clock | 2920 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 2.611 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 2.611 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 23571 |
| GPU Compute | 13823 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 220 |
| Recommended PSU | 250 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | FSR |
| DirectX | 4 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 GRE PULSE | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 GRE | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 12GB GDDR6 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2920 | 2407 | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 220 | 575 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 192 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 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 | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 GRE PULSE | 49.2 | 48 | 51.1 | 63.1 | 67 | 53.1 | 6.6 | 69.8 | 48.2 | 11.6 | 43.7 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.1 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 24.6 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85.2 | 95.2 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 88.8 | 15.1 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.1 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 88 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 88.8 | 21 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.1 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 82.6 | 18 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall45.1
- AI/LLM36.5
- Budget60.1
- Gaming 4k44.6
- Ray Tracing48.4
- Workstation43.5
- Gaming 1080p54.3
- Gaming 1440p52
- Content Creation42.2
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