SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6400 (RDNA 2) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 128 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (RDNA 2) and has 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 144 GB/s.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 has the Navi 24 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB
AMD Radeon RX 6400 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Navi 24 XL GPU Chip Navi 24 XT
RDNA 2 Architecture RDNA 2
12 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
768 Shader 1024
32 Render Output Units 32
48 Texture Units 64
12 Raytracing Cores 16

Memory

The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 2.250 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 18.0 Gbps
128 GB/s Memory bandwidth 144 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.923 GHz Base Clock 2.200 GHz
2.321 GHz Boost Clock 2.815 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.61 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 is powered by connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 55 W.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 107 W.

55 W TDP 107 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 50 mm Fan 1 1 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 2 screens can be operated with the SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.

2 Max. Displays 2
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
Decode AV1 No
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 4 lanes and requires 1 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 4 Lanes interface.

170 mm Length 179 mm
56 mm Height 124 mm
17 mm Width 40 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 385 g
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 4

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 has been manufactured with a structure width of 6 nanometers since Q2/2022.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 6 nanometers manufactured.

11315-01-20G Part-no RX6500XT CLI 4G
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2022
159 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
6 nm Structure size 6 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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