AMD may be working on Radeon RX 7650 GRE to fill the gap between its mid-range offerings. The brand’s Navi 33 GPU is rumoured to power this new card sometime next year.
According to Benchlife, Team Red may be working on a Radeon RX 7650 GRE graphics card based on the Navi 33 GPU. However, unless AMD releases an entirely new GPU, this mid-range chip could potentially pack up to 32 RDNA 3 compute units. This puts it closer to the RX 7600 XT, which is great for value gamers. The brand could offer a higher frequency or VRAM amount to explain the necessity of a new product launch, but that’s just speculation.
As a reminder, cards carrying the GRE suffix – which stands for Golden Rabbit Edition – are Chinese-specific models. Assuming AMD continues following its previous naming scheme, the RX 7650 GRE should sit right in between the Radeon RX 7600 XT and RX 7700 XT. Moreover, since GRE models tend to be slower than their XT counterparts, the RX 7650 GRE will likely be closer to the 7600 XT than the 7700 XT in terms of performance.
But as usual, the GPU isn’t the only variable in this equation, memory speed and bandwidth play an important role too. The RX 7700 XT and RX 7800 XT are perfect examples of this. While the latter packs only 11% more compute units, it manages to deliver about 21% higher performance. This is partly due to the 44% larger bandwidth granted by faster GDDR6 memory and a wider bus.
With that in mind, depending on AMD’s performance target, this card could fit perfectly in the mid-range. More choice is always better in this value segment. For now, Radeon RX 7650 GRE is expected to launch during CES 2025, i.e. January. Availability shouldn’t take longer after that, at least for the Chinese market, so stay tuned.