AMD launches Radeon RX 6400 low-power RDNA2 graphics card at 159 USD

Published: Apr 20th 2022, 13:54 GMT   Comments

AMD Radeon RX 6400 costs 159 USD

Today, AMD quietly launches its Radeon RX 6400 graphics card for the DIY market. 

Custom Radeon RX 6400 graphics cards, Source: DIYZOL/Expreview

AMD RX 6400 is the slowest discrete GPU based on RDNA2 architecture released thus. This model is not exactly a new, it was already announced for OEMs back in January, however, it wasn’t until today for AMD to launch this card for the DIY market. Furthermore, the embargo on numerous custom designs has also been lifted today, most of which are single-fan and low-profile solutions.

AMD Radeon RX 6400 is based on Navi 24 GPU with 768 Stream Processors, therefore it is a cut-down version of the RX 6500 XT. The card ships with a base clock of 1923 MHz, game clock of 2039 MHz and boost of 2321 MHz. These are the same clock speeds as for the OEM model released in January. It ships with 4GB of GDDR6X memory across a 64-bit memory bus. There is no sign of a factory-overclocked solution from any board partners yet, therefore one must assume that this card will not be offered with higher clock speeds.

Radeon RX 6400 with AMD Navi 24 GPU, Source: Expreview

None of the cards released today requires an external power connector. These cards are all powered off the PCI-Express interface, which is more than enough to deliver the required 53W of power.

AMD Radeon 6400 was available to some Chinese media for review, whom appear to have exclusive coverage of this launch. One can find Sapphire Pulse or XFX Speedster models tested, both are low-profile solutions.

Radeon RX 6400 3DMark Performance, Source: Expreview

Based on the reviews, the RX 6400 sits between RX 6500XT and GTX 1650 in synthetic tests. It is slightly less powerful in games due to limited 64-bit memory bus. The card is also affected by the same problems as RX 6500XT, which is PCIe Gen4 x4 interface and lack of H264/265 encoding capability.

Update: AMD is comparing its card with GeForce GTX 1650 and GTX 1050, both are 75W entry-level solutions based on older generations:

Radeon RX 6400 Official Gaming Performance, Source: AMD

Official price for RX 6400 has been set to 159 USD, a 40 USD less than RX 6500XT. NVIDIA has not yet released anything this cheap at this price range that would offer the latest Ampere architecture. Their RTX 3050 model officially costs 259 USD, but unlike the AMD card, 3050 is almost impossible to be found at MSRP.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series
VideoCardzRX 6600 XTRX 6600RX 6500 XTRX 6400
Picture
Architecture7nm RDNA27nm RDNA26nm RDNA26nm RDNA2
GPUNavi 23 XTNavi 23 XLNavi 24 XTNavi 24 XL
Cores
 
2048
 
1792
 
1024
 
768
Infinity Cache
 
32 MB
 
32 MB
 
16 MB
 
16 MB
Ray Accelerators
 
32
 
28
 
16
 
12
Game Clock
 
2359 MHz
 
2044 MHz
 
2610 MHz
 
2039 MHz
Boost Clock
 
2589 MHz
 
2491 MHz
 
2815 MHz
 
2321 MHz
Memory Clock
 
16 Gbps
 
14 Gbps
 
18 Gbps
 
14 Gbps
Memory
 
8 GB GDDR6
 
8 GB GDDR6
 
4 GB GDDR6
 
4 GB GDDR6
Memory Bus
 
128-bit
 
128-bit
 
64-bit
 
64-bit
Bandwidth
 
256 GB/s
 
224 GB/s
 
128 GB/s
 
112 GB/s
TBP
 
160W
 
132W
 
107W
 
53W
MSRP
 
379 USD
 
329 USD
 
199 USD
 
159 USD
Launch DateAugust 2021October 2021January 2022January 2022 (OEM)
April 2022 (DIY)

Reviews: Expreview (XFX Speedster), DIYZOL (Sapphire Pulse), PCOnline (Sapphire Pulse)




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