SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400
vs
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 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 ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 96 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 ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is based on the graphics chip Baffin LE, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.
SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 GPU ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB
AMD Radeon RX 6400 Based on AMD Radeon RX 550 (Baffin 10 CU)
Navi 24 XL GPU Chip Baffin LE
RDNA 2 Architecture GCN 4
12 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
768 Shader 640
32 Render Output Units 16
48 Texture Units 40
12 Raytracing Cores 0

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 ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is 6.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
2.000 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
16.0 Gbps Memory Speed 6.0 Gbps
128 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.923 GHz Base Clock 1.019 GHz
2.321 GHz Boost Clock 1.071 GHz
2.04 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
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 ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 60 W.

55 W TDP 60 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 80 °C
PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

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

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 50 mm Fan 1 1 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

2 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- 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 ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB is 5120x2880 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 5120x2880
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12
Yes Raytracing No
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 / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
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 ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

170 mm Length 192 mm
56 mm Height 115 mm
17 mm Width 39 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 4 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8

Additional data

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

The ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB came on the market in Q1/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.

11315-01-20G Part-no PH-RX550-4G
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2018
159 $ (Reference) Launch Price 79 $
6 nm Structure size 14 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)

SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
8 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
11 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
21 fps (avg)

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)

SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB
4 GB GDDR5
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB
4 GB GDDR5
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400 SAPPHIRE Pulse Radeon RX 6400
4 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)
ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB ASUS Phoenix Radeon RX 550 4GB
4 GB GDDR5
25 fps (avg)

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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