Radeon RX 6400 vs ATI 9800 XXL

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated276
Place by popularitynot in top-100100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data53.47
Power efficiencyno data25.93
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameR360Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)19 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159

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 coresno data768
Core clock speed390 MHz1923 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2321 MHz
Number of transistors117 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data53 Watt
Texture fill rate3.120111.4
Floating-point processing powerno data3.565 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs848
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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x4
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsFloppyNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed338 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth21.63 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 Connectors2x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.2
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2003 19 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 6 nm

RX 6400 has an age advantage of 18 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2400% more advanced lithography process.

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