Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 6400

Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Radeon RX 6400
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon RX 6400

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    151%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT

51% higher gaming performance.
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 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)

Radeon RX 6500 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6500 XT

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTRadeon RX 6400
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)vsNavi 24 (Navi 24 XL)
Fab Process6 nmvs6 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs107 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvs5,400 million
Shaders1024vs768
Compute Units16vs12
Core clock2200 MHzvs1800 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs64vs48

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTRadeon RX 6400
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6500 XTRadeon RX 6400
TDP107 wattsvs100 watts
Release Date19 Jan 2022vsUNRELEASED

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6400
    64.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6400
    96.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6400
    112.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6400
    3072.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • Radeon RX 6400
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    105
  • Radeon RX 6400
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • Radeon RX 6400
    49

FPS (higher is better)