Tuesday, April 19th 2022
Sapphire Radeon RX 6400 PULSE Low Profile GPU Pictured
Sapphire looks set to launch one of the first low-profile RDNA2 graphics cards with the single-slot Radeon RX 6400 PULSE that has recently been leaked by VideoCardz. The card features a nearly identical design to the companies existing low-profile Radeon PRO W6400 product offering a single HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 port along with an optional half-height bracket. The Sapphire Radeon RX 6400 PULSE features 768 Stream Processors and 12 Ray Accelerators along with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory running at 16 Gbps. The card doesn't require any additional power connectors with a TDP of 53 W which could make it a good option for low-power builds. The Radeon RX 6400 was first announced by AMD in January for the OEM market with DIY market products set to launch in a few days on April 20th.
Source:
VideoCardz
35 Comments on Sapphire Radeon RX 6400 PULSE Low Profile GPU Pictured
Sadly, the Navi24 silicon powering this is lacking some important encode/decode support that makes it inferior for HTPC duty compared to several older cards (and IGPs, for that matter). If people have a half-height PC under their TV though, it could at least be an upgrade for casual gaming. Highly unlikely.
The 6400 is around 2/3rds the performance of a 6500XT; It has 25% fewer shaders and 17% lower clockspeeds and it also lacks the AV1 decode and VP9/H.264/H.265 encode of newer GPUs.
The 1050Ti is about 2/3rds the performance of a 6500XT running in a PCIe 3.0 slot which you presumably have if your PC is the same age as your 1050Ti.
So, this is an estimate (extrapolating performance data from the 6500XT vs 1050Ti) You will get:
- No real performance increase
- No new hardware encode/decode support
- Similar power draw and noise levels
- Raytracing that is so slow that it's completely unusable in any situation whatsoever.
- A ~$150 dent in your wallet
- A dusty old 1050Ti to sell on ebay for ~$100.
TL;DR - if you can be bothered to sell your old card on ebay, you'll pay about $50 for awful, unusable raytracing and not much else.But AMD could have least have updated it's video encoding/decoding engine...
I know it's only pci-e x4, but I'll take anything low profile at this point.
Next upgrade may be in 2023 which I hope I can find RX6800 level at 300$ price points.
And then I will also buy 1440p monitor altogether.
yeah only cost about 2x gt 1030 and give around 130us 2017 gpu performance aka gtx 1050ti
resuming same performance than 130us gpu appear in 2017 and with less features: less decoding-encoding capabilities, lack of pci-e lanes and now with possible same price than 2017 or maybe more around 130us or 150us
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The GT 1030 also lacks AV1 decode and VP9/H.264/H.265 encode.
The GT 1030 lacks DXR features. Not that the RX6400 DXR performance is anything worth mentioning, but in a tickbox contest, the RX6400 has features the GT1030 does not.
The GT 1030 is also pretty slow. 1050Ti-level performance isn't really worth an upgrade if you already have a 1030 but at least the RX6400 is progress in the right direction.
I get that you hate this card and you're right that it's not going to be the best performance/$ on the market - but it's not aimed at that market. It's aimed at people with SFF PCs that are unable to provide PCIe power, or fit a full-size card.
So if you want a low profile card, you have this for presumably £130-150, or the 1030 for £100. It's not a bad offer if you look at it this way.
The RX 6400 is only a 4.0 x4 card and on most users have pci-e 3.0 and this card in pci-e 3.0 4x will be a loss compared GTX 1050ti because have full pci-e 3.0 x16.
The GTX 1050ti also lacks of AV1 decode but have H.264/H.265 encode meanwhile RX 6400 dont have anything
The GTX 1050ti lacks DXR features. but raytracing performance in RX 6400 will be a huge joke
The GTX 1050ti possible have similar performance than RX 6400 only left if amd can put 150us or more :roll: for this trash
Resuming amd redifine trash, one step more lower with RX 6400
Waiting for intel no more money for amd and nvidia with trash products like RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 (mobile chips adapted to desktop) or outdated products like GTX 1050ti
:)
what a cheap company with this details in around 150us to 170us gpu
well sapphire give another step to low more RX 6400 than really is
:)
What it comes down to is this card filling a very specific niche. If you need to buy a new, half-height, sub-75W card, there really isn't a lot of choice.
but now is too old
arc A350 seems more interesting because have pci-e 4.0 8x compared pci-e 4.0 4x in RX 6400 and have AV1 decode and encode capabilities*
*in my case is a killer feature
:)
resuming a big heist
Respect nvidia maybe can make others gpus with ampere maybe revive xx40 series because xx30 since GT 1030 aka GP108 is a horrible card especially compared in features with GT 730 GK208 and this model have encode capabilities meanwhile GT 1030 dont have anything
however GTX 1650 non super have volta encoder and now this is better a dont have any encoder But i want a intel gpu because decode and encode capabilities seems very good, more pci-e lanes, raytracing dont care and use linux mainly
No more money for nvidia or amd
:)
P.S. 6400 might be worth it even on PCIe 2, if I can make a wild guess. Let's wait for the reviews and PCI-e scaling tests.
6400 = 2321MHz * 12CU = 27,852
6500XT = 2815MHz * 16CU = 45,040
27,852/45,040 = 62%, but scaling down is never a linear loss so fudge it to 2/3rds, job's a gud'un.
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