Radeon RX 6400 vs Quadro4 400 NVS PCI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 335 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 41.22 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 27.14 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | NV17 A3 | Navi 24 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 July 2004 (21 years ago) | 19 January 2022 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $159 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 220 MHz | 1923 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2321 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 29 million | 5,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 53 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.88 ×2 | 111.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.565 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 ×2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 ×2 | 48 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 12 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 1024 KB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 16 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB ×2 | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit ×2 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 5.312 GB/s ×2 | 128.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x LFH60 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 July 2004 | 19 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 53 Watt |
Quadro4 400 NVS PCI has 194% lower power consumption.
RX 6400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro4 400 NVS PCI and Radeon RX 6400. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro4 400 NVS PCI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6400 is a desktop one.
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