The Best Radeon RX 7900 GRE - 6 Card Review - Sapphire, ASUS, PowerColor, ASRock

AMD's Radeon RX 7900 GRE slots neatly between the RX 7900 XT and RX 7800 XT in terms of performance. But here's the kicker-it's now available worldwide! Originally a China-exclusive limited edition, the Golden Rabbit Edition (GRE) celebrates the Chinese year of the rabbit. AMD wasn't about to let NVIDIA steal the spotlight, especially after their January 2024 refresh with the RTX 40-series. The RX 7900 GRE is here to deliver good performance at competitive pricing. We're making a detailed comparison of six cards from highly popular vendors, to find out which one is the best.
Full Reviews:
ASUS Radeon RX 7900 GRE TUF OC - www.techpowerup.com/review/as...
ASRock Radeon RX 7900 GRE Steel Legend - www.techpowerup.com/review/as...
PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 GRE Hellhound - www.techpowerup.com/review/po...
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE Pulse - www.techpowerup.com/review/sa...
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE Pure - www.techpowerup.com/review/sa...
Sapphire RX 7900 GRE Nitro+ - www.techpowerup.com/review/sa...
Intro: 0:00
Card Overviews: 0:27
System Specs: 3:00
4K Performance: 3:21
1440p Performance: 4:20
1080p Performance: 5:03
Power Consumption: 5:40
Fan Noise/Cooler Performance: 7:09
Overclocking: 7:49
Performance Per Dollar: 8:11
Outro: 10:00
Arc A750 8 GB
Arc A770 16 GB
GTX 1060 6 GB
GTX 1660 Super 6 GB
RTX 2060 6 GB
RTX 2070 8 GB
RTX 2080 8 GB
RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB
RTX 3050 8 GB
RTX 3060 12 GB
RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB
RTX 3070 8 GB
RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB
RTX 3080 10 GB
RTX 3090 24 GB
RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB
RTX 4060 8 GB
RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
RTX 4070 12 GB
RTX 4070 Super 12 GB
RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB
RTX 4070 Ti Super 16 GB
RTX 4080 16 GB
RTX 4080 Super 16 GB
RTX 4090 24 GB
RX 5700 XT 8 GB
RX 6500 XT 4 GB
RX 6600 8 GB
RX 6600 XT 8 GB
RX 6700 XT 12 GB
RX 6800 16 GB
RX 6800 XT 16 GB
RX 6900 XT 16 GB
RX 7600 8 GB
RX 7700 XT 16GB
RX 7800 XT 16GB
RX 7900 GRE 16 GB
RX 7900 XT 20 GB
RX 7900 XTX 24 GB

[@Reluctant_Hero]

I was hoping to see how the PowerColor Fighter version of the 7900 GRE ranks. It seems to be one of the two GREs that will fit in the new DeepCool CH160 itx case.

[@BuzzTec]

Thanks for review & comparison. Highlights necessary info.

[@TheBigBlueMarble]

I appreciate all the work you put into this testing. Thank you. I did find your charts a little hard to follow.

[@jimakosbilakis4982]

Great Video! Can you add the PowerColor Red Devil as well to the equation? That would be really awesome!

[@georgeserixfolea5512]

Glad you added the vsync section, interesting to see the performance in lighter loads

[@anitaremenarova6662]

Thanks for the comparison! I already got a 4070tiS because of cyberpunk but if I didn't need a PT capable card this would be my go-to. Insanely good performance for the money now that they unlocked memory OC as well.

[@megadeth8592]

Mind if I ask which 4070tiS you went with? Have you had any issues?

[@anitaremenarova6662]

@@megadeth8592 I have the MSI Expert, beautiful card with good OC potential. Runs cool and quiet but it's a bit pricey, if you want something closer to MSRP then the Gigabyte Gaming OC and MSI Gaming x slim are both great.

[@qwerty-dm8gr]

you're incredibly dumb for picking a card for a single meme feature

[@jorgeacosta8822]

On the page it was written about erratic behavior in the pulse fans. Has this been resolved or is it still the same?

[@ArrowFunction]

Appearance aside, it seems to me the base Pulse model makes most sense as the performance gains of the others seems negligeable for the money?

[@tonydalimata]

Need the XFXs card please !

[@technicalplayer8393]

Please compare Asrock Challenger Radeon RX 7900 GRE too. In my area this one is the cheapest but its a 2 fan version and other versions of 7900 gre have 3 fans so im confused. Which card it can be compared to in your video? And should i buy it?

[@Devotchka101]

3 fan design is always better for cooling and performance. If the 2 fan design is under 500$ then you got a good deal. If not, I would stick to 3 fan design.

[@technicalplayer8393]

@@Devotchka101 thanks buddy I'll consider the 3 fan design

[@Rami.R9]

I have the 7900 GRE Pulse and I love it!!

[@Abdullah-cb4np]

Thinking of buying it. How is the RGB on it?

[@Rami.R9]

@@Abdullah-cb4np This GPU doesnt have RGB

[@jonscriffignano]

@@Rami.R9 is there any coil whine?

[@Rami.R9]

@@jonscriffignano I don't have coil whine on my GPU

[@jonscriffignano]

@@Rami.R9 Cool how’s the temps?? Kinda deciding between pulse and XFX

[@lyncedeguzman1309]

Would love to see the XFX 7900 GRE in the comparison.

[@CNC295]

Thank you

[@corpacivasilecosmin2086]

Have the pulse variant dont Hear the card even at full load

[@vasudevmenon2496]

Never knew TPU had a KZbin channel. I thought pogzel was maintaining his own channel just for mouse reviews

[@TechPowerUp]

Glad you found us!

[@AvroBellow]

Where's XFX? You can't do a Radeon roundup without all three members of Radeon's Holy Trinity and that means Powercolor, Sapphire and XFX. ASRock WOULD have been added to make a Holy Quartet but they lose that honour because they also make ARC cards. I say this as the owner of an ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming OC so I'm not being biased. ASUS and Gigabyte also make GeForce cards so they're just... meh. As for MSi... who cares? The brands of video cards that I flatly refuse to buy: MSi, EVGA, Palit, Zotac, Colorful, ASUS, PNY, Inno3D and Gainward. Anything else is just fine.

[@anitaremenarova6662]

What's wrong with MSI and Inno3D? Other than their MSRP models they make solid cards. Same with Colorful though I don't know as much about them since they sell only in asia.

[@Violet-ui]

@@anitaremenarova6662 nothing, probably some personal issue with those brands

[@_fiftyseven_]

@@anitaremenarova6662 tbf, MSI's new cards have not been that good. The MSRP models perform at the very bottom of the charts and premium ones are overpriced.

[@Supamayro64]

Anyone that knows about the XFX card, would you take it over the pulse? I like the aesthetic more on the XFX but I can’t find anything on temps or noise

[@TechPowerUp]

We haven't tested the XFX variants yet, but based on the 7800 XT it should be a bit better than the Pulse though you may benefit from tuning the fan curve kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3_XiWeod950gck

[@stoissdk]

So if choosing a GRE... consider width, length, weight and noise before performance.

[@coolGUGOclan]

1 like mate excelent work if possible made video test this GPU + gigabyte gre gaming oc so all all company + gygabyte gre oc on test to call of duty + warzone and OBS streaming big thanks in advance

[@MT._Olympus]

So the best and all rounder is the hellhound?

[@sunnycat69]

Yes or pure what ever u can get cheaper

[@Pawcio2115]

And some people still believe the Nitro+ is the best variant of the 7900 GRE/7800 XT. The Hellhound is the king 👑 What a shame there is no XFX model in this comparison

[@r0bw1l73]

I have the Pulse because the Nitro is out of stock everywhere.

[@sunnycat69]

I git the pure I'm down a white build

[@mawandaeed]

U didn't add gigabyte

[@Pawcio2115]

Gigabyte RX 7900 GRE/7800 XT are loud asf compared to the Hellhound or the Nitro+

[@timmyalley6621]

I have the gigabyte 7900 gre and I can confirm that it’s fans run at really high rpms. I’m talking 4000 rpms. It’s loud but it does run very cool even when overclocked.

[@mawandaeed]

@@timmyalley6621 thanks, power color hellhound is the better version..tho lately its 580

[@timmyalley6621]

@@mawandaeed also I think the gigabyte has a quiet bios, I’m going to have to test that and see how it does

[@Violet-ui]

PowerColor coolers are insanely good

[@GoonyMclinux]

I have the GRE hellhound and it does quite well cooling wise for sure.

[@hotdog9262]

seems strange they test coolers with what I assume is stock tunes. if so a worthless test for many

[@Violet-ui]

@@hotdog9262 they test at specific power draw and noise on all models, so it's perfectly fair

[@tryfergoodra552]

​@@GoonyMclinuxHello , wanna ask if u have had any problems with drivers and if it have any sort of coil whine?

[@tryfergoodra552]

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[@EffectualPoet]

You picked all the cards with terrible warranties.

[@kevmark3955]

HASHAHAHAHAHAHA