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Radeon RX 9070 GRE bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 22 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (83th percentile). Paired with a Core i9-10850K it lands near 113 fps at 1080p and 23 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsRDNA 4 · 2025
ArchitectureRDNA 4
Shading units3,072
Boost clock2,790 MHz
Memory12 GB
Memory bandwidth432 GB/s
Board power220 W
Released2025
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i9-10850K, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 113 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 67 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 51 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 23 99% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Core i9-10850K 113 0.1%
Core i9-10900 113 0.1%
Core i9-10900F 113 0.1%
Core i5-12500 113 1.2%
Core i7-11700 113 1.4%
Core i7-11700F 113 1.4%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i9-10850K
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 46 OK
Fortnite 92 OK
Counter-Strike 2 163 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 67 OK
Red Dead Redemption 2 51 OK
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 55 OK

Who a Radeon RX 9070 GRE is actually for

This sits in the range where most enthusiast builds land, and it is the range where pairing matters most. Fast enough that a budget processor will hold it back at 1080p; not so fast that it stops caring about resolution. Get the pairing right and very little is wasted.

The sweet spot is 1440p. At that resolution the card is doing enough work to stay busy without the processor needing to be exceptional.

A narrow memory bus

Relative to its shader count, this card has less memory bandwidth than a balanced design would carry. Our model docks it roughly 4% for it. In practice that penalty grows with resolution: the card holds up at 1080p, where its cache absorbs most requests, and falls off faster than its specification suggests at 1440p and above.

Is 12 GB enough?

At 1440p and high settings, 12 GB clears every title we model with room to spare. Memory is not the constraint on this card, and it is unlikely to become one within its useful life.

Where it sits

Ranked 22 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: GeForce RTX 5070, Radeon RX 6900 XT. Just below: GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, Radeon RX 7800 XT. Full method on the methodology page.