In the gpu comparison between the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G and the AMD Radeon RX 6400, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 195 % faster than the AMD Radeon RX 6400.
The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 6400 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6400, which has 768 shaders and 12 execution units.
Memory
Memory
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6400
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR6
Memory Clock
0.800 GHz
2.000 GHz
Memory Speed
1.6 Gbps
16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
410 GB/s
128 GB/s
Memory Interface
2,048 bit
64 bit
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.
The AMD Radeon RX 6400 can access 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 128 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6400
Base Clock
1.156 GHz
1.923 GHz
Boost Clock
1.471 GHz
2.321 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
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2.04 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6400 is 1.923 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6400
TDP
210 W
53 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 210 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.
The AMD Radeon RX 6400 has a TDP of 53 W and is supplied with the required energy via -- PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6400
Fan-Type
Radial
--
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
37 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
49 dB
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 6400 has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6400
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
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2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
1x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G.
The AMD Radeon RX 6400 supports a maximum of 2 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6400
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6400 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6400
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G
AMD Radeon RX 6400
Length
280 mm
--
Height
127 mm
--
Width
40 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
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Weight
1,090 g
--
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8G is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.
The AMD Radeon RX 6400 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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