Radeon RX 6400 vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.25

RX 6400 outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 212% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking547269
Place by popularitynot in top-100100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data12.26
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVega RenoirNavi 24
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 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.

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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
Core clock speed400 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1500 MHz2321 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rateno data111.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 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 HD20
−200%
60−65
+200%
1440p35
−186%
100−110
+186%
4K18
−206%
55−60
+206%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
−173%
30−33
+173%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
−181%
45−50
+181%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−206%
55−60
+206%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14
−186%
40−45
+186%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−200%
27−30
+200%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−200%
60−65
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−181%
45−50
+181%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−195%
65−70
+195%
Hitman 3 15
−200%
45−50
+200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 25
−200%
75−80
+200%
Metro Exodus 23
−204%
70−75
+204%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
−195%
65−70
+195%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 26
−208%
80−85
+208%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14
−186%
40−45
+186%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 13
−208%
40−45
+208%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−206%
55−60
+206%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 15
−200%
45−50
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
−200%
18−20
+200%
Far Cry 5 26
−208%
80−85
+208%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−181%
45−50
+181%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−195%
65−70
+195%
Hitman 3 14−16
−186%
40−45
+186%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21
−210%
65−70
+210%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−181%
45−50
+181%
Red Dead Redemption 2 17
−194%
50−55
+194%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
−181%
45−50
+181%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
−181%
45−50
+181%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−208%
40−45
+208%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−200%
60−65
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−195%
65−70
+195%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
−194%
50−55
+194%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−181%
45−50
+181%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
−173%
30−33
+173%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−186%
40−45
+186%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−192%
35−40
+192%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−200%
27−30
+200%
Hitman 3 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−180%
14−16
+180%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−200%
24−27
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−173%
30−33
+173%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−186%
40−45
+186%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 23
−204%
70−75
+204%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Hitman 3 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−200%
9−10
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−200%
18−20
+200%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−200%
21−24
+200%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RX 6400 compete in popular games:

  • RX 6400 is 200% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6400 is 186% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6400 is 206% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.25 19.51
Recency 7 January 2020 19 January 2022
Chip lithography 7 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 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon RX 6400 is a desktop one.


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