Friday, February 7th 2025
AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE Custom Models Launched in China
Mid-way through January, insider sources reckoned that AMD's China-exclusive Radeon RX 6750 GRE 10 GB GPU was on the way out—a rumored successor was seemingly in line to replace this popular budget-friendly RDNA 2-based model. According to VideoCardz, Team Red's latest "Golden Rabbit Edition" design has launched—exclusively for a China-based buying audience. Team Red and its local board partners have produced a plethora of Radeon RX 7650 GRE 8 GB custom models—reports suggest that a reference model (MBA) does not exist. Several manufacturers have models readied for launch, including: ASRock, ASUS, PowerColor, Sapphire, Yeston and VASTARMOR. Official MSRP for the region is 2099 yuan (~$289 USD). In the West, original launch pricing for the Radeon RX 7600 was $269. The fancier Radeon RX 7600 XT was priced at $329 on day one.
Roughly a year ago, AMD decided against releasing its (RDNA 3) Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU in China. Their Radeon RX 7600 (non-XT) 8 GB model did make it to China, but it was largely overshadowed by older tech—mainly Team Red's compellingly priced Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB and 10 GB cards. Spec-wise, the Radeon RX 7650 GRE sits somewhere in-between its two "Hotpink Bonefish" Navi 33 siblings. All three cards share the same number of compute units (32 CUs), but differ in terms of boost clocks and thermal design power ratings. The GRE features a max. boost clock speed of 2695 MHz and a board TDP of 170 W—just a nudge over the Radeon RX 7600's 2655 MHz boost capability and 165 W board power rating. Both cards are frugal enough to rely on a single 8-pin power connector. By contrast, the hungrier 190 W TDP-rated Radeon RX 7600 XT sports two 8-pin inputs—this GPU can boost up to 2755 MHz. VideoCardz has kindly assembled a comparison chart (see below).As mentioned earlier, VideoCardz discovered a plethora of launch models—headlining their report was PowerColor's Hellhound design (pictured above). This seems to be one of the smallest Radeon RX 7650 GRE custom cards.
Sapphire has rolled out a triple-fan "Black Diamond" edition card. Reportedly sporting an all-black reinterpretation of existing PULSE/NITRO shroud designs.Sapphire has a slightly cheaper two-fan variant ready for launch: Radeon RX 7650 GRE PULSE.VASTARMOR has prepped a lone Radeon RX 7650 custom model—with its ALLOY custom design. VideoCardz believes that this is the fastest card included in their article's roundup, but the other manufacturers have not yet published full specification sheets.ASUS presented images of a new ATS (Shark) design—Chinese press outlets have pointed out that the 10G moniker (meaning 10 GB of VRAM) is definitely an error.YESTON has two dual-fan launch models: GAEA (God of Earth) and Game Ace. Pricing was higher than expected—both factory-overclocked cards cost 2339 RMB (~$321 USD).ASRock is re-deploying its latest "Challenger" dual-fan cooling solution with their custom Radeon RX 7650 GRE model.VideoCardz noted a launch price of 2049 RMB (~$281 USD). A specification sheet was not available at the time of writing, but ASRock's official packaging suggests that the Radeon RX 7650 GRE Challenger card will be released as an OC edition.
Sources:
VideoCardz #1, VideoCardz #2, Wccftech
Roughly a year ago, AMD decided against releasing its (RDNA 3) Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPU in China. Their Radeon RX 7600 (non-XT) 8 GB model did make it to China, but it was largely overshadowed by older tech—mainly Team Red's compellingly priced Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB and 10 GB cards. Spec-wise, the Radeon RX 7650 GRE sits somewhere in-between its two "Hotpink Bonefish" Navi 33 siblings. All three cards share the same number of compute units (32 CUs), but differ in terms of boost clocks and thermal design power ratings. The GRE features a max. boost clock speed of 2695 MHz and a board TDP of 170 W—just a nudge over the Radeon RX 7600's 2655 MHz boost capability and 165 W board power rating. Both cards are frugal enough to rely on a single 8-pin power connector. By contrast, the hungrier 190 W TDP-rated Radeon RX 7600 XT sports two 8-pin inputs—this GPU can boost up to 2755 MHz. VideoCardz has kindly assembled a comparison chart (see below).As mentioned earlier, VideoCardz discovered a plethora of launch models—headlining their report was PowerColor's Hellhound design (pictured above). This seems to be one of the smallest Radeon RX 7650 GRE custom cards.
Sapphire has rolled out a triple-fan "Black Diamond" edition card. Reportedly sporting an all-black reinterpretation of existing PULSE/NITRO shroud designs.Sapphire has a slightly cheaper two-fan variant ready for launch: Radeon RX 7650 GRE PULSE.VASTARMOR has prepped a lone Radeon RX 7650 custom model—with its ALLOY custom design. VideoCardz believes that this is the fastest card included in their article's roundup, but the other manufacturers have not yet published full specification sheets.ASUS presented images of a new ATS (Shark) design—Chinese press outlets have pointed out that the 10G moniker (meaning 10 GB of VRAM) is definitely an error.YESTON has two dual-fan launch models: GAEA (God of Earth) and Game Ace. Pricing was higher than expected—both factory-overclocked cards cost 2339 RMB (~$321 USD).ASRock is re-deploying its latest "Challenger" dual-fan cooling solution with their custom Radeon RX 7650 GRE model.VideoCardz noted a launch price of 2049 RMB (~$281 USD). A specification sheet was not available at the time of writing, but ASRock's official packaging suggests that the Radeon RX 7650 GRE Challenger card will be released as an OC edition.
4 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE Custom Models Launched in China
RX 590 GME - Golden Mouse Edition in 2020
RX 6750 GRE - Golden Rabbit Edition in 2023
AMD have absolutely been more than terrible at naming, and this time is no exception.
By the way, I'm not interested in whatever they call a refreshed model. Where is RDNA 4? Get it right!