AMD has officially announced the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE, the China-exclusive high-end RDNA 4 gaming GPU, along with a May 8 pre-order date. As with previous iterations of AMD's GRE GPUs, the RX 9070 GRE is a trimmed-back version of the higher-tier models, with both less VRAM and fewer compute units ...
It’s a hot-clocked 9070 with less CUs, so maybe it’s mostly for salvaging slightly-bad dies? I naively assume that the average buyer/user in China trends slightly towards the “esports”-like titles and/or is more price-sensitive than western buyers/users so the lower VRAM also kinda fits the market.
Solid theory. A price focused GPU with a bit more power in some specific areas.