Radeon RX 6400 vs Pro W5500

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro W5500 with Radeon RX 6400, including specs and performance data.

Pro W5500
2020
8 GB GDDR6, 125 Watt
23.67
+19.6%

Pro W5500 outperforms RX 6400 by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking237279
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation43.2453.99
Power efficiency12.9825.60
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 14Navi 24
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date10 February 2020 (4 years ago)19 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6400 has 25% better value for money than Pro W5500.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1408768
Core clock speed1187 MHz1923 MHz
Boost clock speed1400 MHz2321 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate123.2111.4
Floating-point processing power3.942 TFLOPS3.565 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8848
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x4
Length267 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s128.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro W5500 23.67
+19.6%
RX 6400 19.79

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Pro W5500 9122
+19.6%
RX 6400 7626

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.67 19.79
Recency 10 February 2020 19 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 53 Watt

Pro W5500 has a 19.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 135.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro W5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6400 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro W5500 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6400 is a desktop one.


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