RTX A400 vs Radeon R6 (Kaveri)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R6 (Kaveri) with RTX A400, including specs and performance data.

R6 (Kaveri)
2014
1.79

RTX A400 outperforms R6 (Kaveri) by a whopping 530% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking918416
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.58
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameKaveriGA107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

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 cores384768
Core clock speed533 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speed654 MHz1762 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data42.29
Floating-point processing powerno data2.706 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data24
Tensor Coresno data24
Ray Tracing Coresno data6

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data163 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno data4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

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.

R6 (Kaveri) 1.79
RTX A400 11.27
+530%

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.

R6 (Kaveri) 691
RTX A400 4346
+529%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD9
−511%
55−60
+511%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Hitman 3 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−488%
100−105
+488%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−511%
55−60
+511%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−529%
220−230
+529%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Hitman 3 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−488%
100−105
+488%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−511%
55−60
+511%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−525%
75−80
+525%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−529%
220−230
+529%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Hitman 3 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−488%
100−105
+488%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−511%
55−60
+511%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−525%
75−80
+525%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−529%
220−230
+529%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
Hitman 3 7−8
−471%
40−45
+471%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−500%
60−65
+500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%

This is how R6 (Kaveri) and RTX A400 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A400 is 511% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.79 11.27
Recency 4 June 2014 16 April 2024
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX A400 has a 529.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R6 (Kaveri) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R6 (Kaveri) is a notebook card while RTX A400 is a workstation one.


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