AMD’s 53W entry-level Radeon RX 6400 card quietly goes on sale, slightly cheaper than GTX 1050 Ti and RX 6500 XT

Custom AMD Radeon RX 6400 cards are now on sale

It seems that the supposed launch of RX 6400 graphics card for the DIY market is a bit sooner than expected.

A known leaker@momomo_us discovered that multiple RX 6400 cards are already on sale in China and other regions. It appears that all of these cards are custom. Specifically there is an MSI AERO ITX model as well as a relatively unknown Chinese brand TAA now on sale.

The MSI model is listed on two sites for either $51,500 or $48,213, however, ‘momomo’ does not explain where are those retailers located and there are a number of Spanish-speaking countries using dollar sign for their currency. However, what this leak tells us is that at least at one retailer the card is ‘in stock’.

Update: We were told that those listings are from Argentinian stores, therefore the converted price to USD is 443 to 461 USD. However, those prices are inflated by local retailers. Furthermore, there is a report from MyDrivers that the RX 6400 should cost 1500 RMB, which is around 235 USD.

MSI Radeon RX 6400 AERO ITX on sale, Source: @momomo_us

One of the retailers not only listed the new card, but also shared a GPU-Z screenshot featuring all the card’s specs. From this, we learn that the card carries almost the same specs as the OEM variant released in January, with ‘Game Clock’ of 2039 MHz and boost of 2321 MHz.

Interestingly, it would appear that the memory speed is reduced from 16 Gbps (2000 MHz) to 14 Gbps (1750 MHz) for this particular card. Official RX  6400 specs are 16 Gbps, which either means that some custom cards will feature reduced speed, or this is simply an issue with this model.

Radeon RX 6400 GPU-Z Specs, Source: JD.com

In case you are wondering about the benchmark visible in the screenshot, that’s Ludashi all-PC test. We do not recommend installing this software though as it is very hard to remove and generally speaking not very popular outside China.

With the card on sale nearly 3 weeks ahead of planned launch, one might assume that this is not an official embargo lift just yet, but rather individual retailers quietly trying to get rid of their inventory.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series
VideoCardz	RX 6600 XT	RX 6600	RX 6500 XT	RX 6400
Picture
Architecture	7nm RDNA2	7nm RDNA2	6nm RDNA2	6nm RDNA2
GPU	Navi 23 XT	Navi 23 XL	Navi 24 XT	Navi 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	TBC
Launch Date	August 2021	October 2021	January 2022	January 2022 (OEM) May 2022 (DIY)

Source: JD.com via @momomo_us