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AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE Is Actually "Great Radeon Edition," Not "Golden Rabbit Edition"

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AMD's China customers are now surprised by AMD's claim that the Radeon RX 7650's "GRE" nomenclature actually translates into "Great Radeon Edition" and not into "Golden Rabbit Edition" as we had previously thought. The Radeon RX 7900 GRE was the first "GRE" GPU to debut in the Chinese market. Back in 2023, China celebrated the Year of the Golden Rabbit; hence, AMD made a reference to that and named its GPUs appropriately to appeal to Chinese gamers. However, with 2025 being the year of the snake, AMD decided to just find a new meaning for its GRE branding instead of replacing it altogether. Now, AMD's official documents point to AMD Radeon RX 7650 Great Radeon Edition (GRE).

As a reminder, this RX 7650 GRE "great" SKU carries a Navi 33 GPU with 32 CUs translating into 2048 SPs. Clocked at 2.69 GHz, its 8 GB GDDR6 memory configuration positions it in the low-middle-class gaming segment. Scheduled for a launch in February, it will be priced at 2,099 RMB or 287 USD at the time of writing.



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They should've gone for the "Trouser Snake Edition".
 
Still better than The Ultimate Radeon of our Days, I guess (edit: not that I have anything against the card - but I never liked the GRE naming).
 
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Why does this thing even exist. I thought it was a rejected 32 chip but no, it's just a 7600 with a mild clock bump.
Are they going to advertise it as a "GPU from 2025!!!!" or something?
 
Nostras said:
But it's just a bloody 7600, the only reason to release this is to deceive customers with garbage marketing.
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And what else should AMD do with surplus Navi 33 chips? Dump them into a landfill? Release them as 9050's?
Releasing it as a refreshed RDNA3 (which it is) is better than bullshitting it into the RDNA4 lineup.
 
wNotyarD said:
And what else should AMD do with surplus Navi 33 chips? Dump them into a landfill? Release them as 9050's?
Releasing it as a refreshed RDNA3 (which it is) is better than bullshitting it into the RDNA4 lineup.
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What about slashing the price marginally and just selling it as a 7600?
There's no need for a new name here, they will sell like hot cakes if the price is right.
 
Nostras said:
What about slashing the price marginally and just selling it as a 7600?
There's no need for a new name here, they will sell like hot cakes if the price is right.
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Works. But as long as this stays China-only, what difference does it make?
 
Nostras said:
What about slashing the price marginally and just selling it as a 7600?
There's no need for a new name here, they will sell like hot cakes if the price is right.
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Exactly what I thought. Stupid marketing for stupid people.
 
Nostras said:
But it's just a bloody 7600
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Except it's not. By the clock specs it's inbetween the 7600 and the 7600XT.
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lexluthermiester said:
Except it's not. By the clock specs it's inbetween the 7600 and the 7600XT.
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Looks just like an OC'd 7600.
But then again, wasn't the 6650XT just an OC'd 6600XT? That's what refreshes are. It wouldn't be out of place to call this new card just 7650 and drop the GRE, but as that suffix was meant to be China-exclusive before...
 
lexluthermiester said:
Except it's not. By the clock specs it's inbetween the 7600 and the 7600XT.
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Of course it's not. It's a 7600 and two clicks in the driver menu. The 7600 XT has extra 8 GB RAM which you can't replicate through software.

wNotyarD said:
Looks just like an OC'd 7600.
But then again, wasn't the 6650XT just an OC'd 6600XT? That's what refreshes are.
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I'd rather not call them a "refresh", but basically, yes.
 
I like those GRE cards. (nvidia maybe have the ti and super tag. so let amd have the GRE tag)

I also like that similar cards only get a +50 in the number. So I can see easily how old a card may be.

I had a 6600XT in the past. Some reviews recently suddenly put the 7600XT ahead. These were similar cards in the performance. These are entry cards for older epic game store giveaway games. I would not play newer games like avatar pandora / the last of us / cp2077 and such with these cards.

I like those +50 numbers better as the nvidia nonsense. I really have no glue what is better or worse on the nivida side. The top modell 4090 is kinda seen quite often in reviews. But the lower cards are hard to determine where they perform for myself.
 
lexluthermiester said:
Except it's not. By the clock specs it's inbetween the 7600 and the 7600XT.
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So ok, call it an RX 7650. I can handshake on that, AMD is then continuing a precedent set by the 6000 series, mild clockspeed bump in-generation.
The GRE however, it used to be a rejected chip. If we continue that precedent the 7600 GRE (which it is not) should slot in between an imaginary 7500(XT) and 7600. Except it's the 7650 GRE.
But it is not, it is the exact same chip as the 7600. This name makes no sense and jeopardised once again what the name actually means. The GRE denominator is now meaningless as it could mean anything.

At least with their beyond terrible 7000 CPU naming scheme they were consistent. Once you knew the (admittedly complex) trick you could quickly see what you were getting.
Not this. Either you know or you don't. The name is a joke.
 
AMD would absolutely blow through their entire 7600 inventory if they priced that thing at $199. The card is already built on a cheap node, is really more like RDNA 2.5 in terms of its arch, and has likely paid it's R&D off a couple times over at this point.

People are THIRSTY for <$200 cards. In the used market, all kinds of stupid stuff seems to bunch up at the $200 price point.

Instead they're trying to sell their $270 2023 card for $280 in 2025... but in China.
 
AusWolf said:
The 7600 XT has extra 8 GB RAM which you can't replicate through software.
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There's that too.

Nostras said:
The GRE however, it used to be a rejected chip. If we continue that precedent the 7600 GRE (which it is not) should slot in between an imaginary 7500(XT) and 7600. Except it's the 7650 GRE.
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Yes. That's called binning. It would seem this is a thing many do not understand yet...
 
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lexluthermiester said:
There's that too.


Yes. That called binning. It would seem this is a thing many do not understand yet...
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Yes, I'm saying the GRE used to mean "binned down", now it means "binned up".
But that doesn't even have to be the case, it could very well just be a 7600 with a higher TDP limit.
 
lexluthermiester said:
It is binned down. The GRE is a binned down 7600XT, not a binned up 7600.
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Were it a binned down 7600XT, shouldn't it have 16GB VRAM and be called 7600XT GRE?
 
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