Radeon RX 6400 vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Aggregated performance score

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
2018
3.03

RX 6400 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) by a whopping 543% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking731269
Place by popularitynot in top-100100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data12.24
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeNavi 24
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)19 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159
Current priceno data$376 (2.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384768
Boost clock speed1100 MHz2321 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rateno data111.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon RX 6400 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x4
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 widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data16 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkanno data1.3

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 HD15
−533%
95−100
+533%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8
−525%
50−55
+525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8
−525%
50−55
+525%
Battlefield 5 12
−525%
75−80
+525%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−525%
75−80
+525%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 8
−525%
50−55
+525%
Forza Horizon 4 10
−500%
60−65
+500%
Hitman 3 13
−515%
80−85
+515%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9
−511%
55−60
+511%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7
−543%
45−50
+543%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9
−511%
55−60
+511%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7
−543%
45−50
+543%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−525%
75−80
+525%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 9
−511%
55−60
+511%
Hitman 3 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Metro Exodus 3
−500%
18−20
+500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3
−500%
18−20
+500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9
−511%
55−60
+511%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−525%
50−55
+525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
−483%
35−40
+483%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Hitman 3 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−511%
55−60
+511%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−500%
30−33
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
Hitman 3 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−543%
45−50
+543%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−500%
6−7
+500%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−500%
24−27
+500%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and RX 6400 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6400 is 533% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.03 19.49
Recency 7 January 2018 19 January 2022
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 53 Watt

The Radeon RX 6400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6400 is a desktop one.


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