Radeon RX 6400 vs Radeon RX 470

Radeon RX 6400
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 6400
Radeon RX 470
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 470

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6400
    104%
  • Radeon RX 470
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider 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 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

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 6400Radeon RX 470
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XL)vsEllesmere (Ellesmere PRO)
Fab Process6 nmvs14 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs232 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvs5,700 million
Shaders768vs2048
Compute Units12vs32
Core clock1800 MHzvs926 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs48vs128

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6400Radeon RX 470
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width64 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6400Radeon RX 470
TDP100 wattsvs120 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs29 Jun 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6400
    64.00 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 470
    38.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6400
    96.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 470
    154.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6400
    112.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 470
    211.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6400
    3072.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 470
    4940.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6400
    47
  • Radeon RX 470
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6400
    49
  • Radeon RX 470
    48

FPS (higher is better)