RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Radeon RX 6400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6400 with RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RX 6400
2022
4 GB GDDR6, 53 Watt
19.79

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms RX 6400 by a whopping 151% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking27962
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation53.99no data
Power efficiency25.6029.63
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 24no data
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date19 January 2022 (2 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores7685120
Core clock speed1923 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2321 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)53 Watt115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate111.4no data
Floating-point processing power3.565 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs48no data
Ray Tracing Cores12no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 amount4 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.2no data
Vulkan1.3-

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 6400 19.79
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile 49.70
+151%

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 6400 7626
RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile 19149
+151%

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 19.79 49.70
Recency 19 January 2022 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 53 Watt 115 Watt

RX 6400 has 117% lower power consumption.

RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 151.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 6400 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6400 is a desktop card while RTX 3500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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