Radeon RX 6400 vs Radeon RX 480

Radeon RX 6400
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 6400
Radeon RX 480
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 480

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6400
    100%
  • Radeon RX 480
    126%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6400

50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 480 .
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 480

26% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 480

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 480

The Radeon RX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6400Radeon RX 480
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XL)vsEllesmere (Ellesmere XT)
Fab Process6 nmvs14 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs232 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvs5,700 million
Shaders768vs2304
Compute Units12vs36
Core clock1800 MHzvs1120 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs48vs144

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6400Radeon RX 480
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width64 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6400Radeon RX 480
TDP100 wattsvs150 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs29 Jun 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6400
    64.00 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 480
    40.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6400
    96.00 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 480
    182.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6400
    112.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 480
    256.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6400
    3072.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 480
    5834.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6400
    22
  • Radeon RX 480
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6400
    47
  • Radeon RX 480
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6400
    74
  • Radeon RX 480
    81

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 480
    54

FPS (higher is better)