Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 6400 vs Radeon RX 470
AMD
Radeon RX 6400
4096 Mb GDDR6
Released UNRELEASED
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VS
AMD
Radeon RX 470
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
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Summary
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 6400104%
- Radeon RX 470100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6400
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 470
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 6400 | Radeon RX 470 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XL) | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 12 | 32 |
| Core clock | 1800 MHz | 926 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 6400 | Radeon RX 470 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6400 | Radeon RX 470 |
|---|
| TDP | 100 watts | 120 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | 29 Jun 2016 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 640064.00 GP/s
- Radeon RX 47038.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 640096.00 GT/s
- Radeon RX 470154.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 6400112.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX 470211.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 64003072.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 4704940.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Far Cry 6
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
- Radeon RX 640047
- Radeon RX 47044
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- Radeon RX 640049
- Radeon RX 47048
FPS (higher is better)