Radeon RX 6400 vs RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary and Radeon RX 6400, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary
2019
8 GB GDDR6, 225 Watt
42.95
+117%

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary outperforms RX 6400 by a whopping 117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking88279
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation41.8253.99
Power efficiency13.0925.60
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 10Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)19 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 $159

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 6400 has 29% better value for money than RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary.

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 cores2560768
Core clock speed1680 MHz1923 MHz
Boost clock speed1980 MHz2321 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate316.8111.4
Floating-point processing power10.14 TFLOPS3.565 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16048
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 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x 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.

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 42.95
+117%
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.

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary 16549
+117%
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 42.95 19.79
Recency 7 July 2019 19 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 53 Watt

RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary has a 117% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 324.5% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6400 in performance tests.


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