Xiaobian has said before that RX 6500 XT is the most entry-level game unique, but AMD actually released a lower-end model RX 6400, but later basically only for OEM manufacturers, originally thought that it was difficult for small partners to glimpse the fangrong. But now it has quietly appeared on the market, and invariably uses a half-height card design. What kind of graphics card is this? Is it really just for the OEM's bright machine card?
Here first say what the semi-high card is, from the size and model name can be seen, it is obviously for a small chassis, but look at the shape to know that this size on the caliber of the fan is too serious, in the unique chip is more and more powerful but also more and more power consumption, more and more hot today, this design is rare. Instead, it is a more boxy ITX graphics card, which is only suitable for a relatively large chassis, and the small flat chassis is certainly not available.
Of course, flat chassis that require a half-height card are still widely used, after all, it is easier to deploy than a boxy chassis. Then, for such models that want to upgrade, how the current latest semi-high card performs is very important. First look at the configuration, in addition to the upper RX 6500 XT, but also compared with the lowest-end retail model of the previous generation, the RX 5500 XT.
The specifications of the RX 6400 are further reduced, the configuration of the 768 stream processor is reminiscent of the entry-level graphics card of a few years ago, and the low power consumption of 53W should be the basis for restarting the half-high card design. So, how does it perform? Let's take a look at the third-party test here. The platform configuration used for testing is higher to avoid performance bottlenecks, and there may be differences in some low-end platforms, of course, the RX 6400 itself is not high in performance, and the mid-range configuration should be enough to ensure that it plays.
In theoretical performance tests, the RX 6400 far surpassed its previous peer rivals in the DX11 project, but was a bit crotch-pulling in the DX12 project, which may be related to its oversimplified configuration. In the actual game test, considering its positioning, it did not use the highest quality to compare with other graphics cards in 1080P, 2K and other projects, but through different picture quality settings to understand its actual capabilities.
In the actual measurement, the RX 6400 can run the recent masterpieces more smoothly in medium and high quality, but the test does not provide the lowest frame rate reference such as 1% Low, and I don't know how the frame rate stability is. But at least one thing is certain, this graphics card is really not a simple light card, but can experience the latest AAA games, more powerful than today's jixian, for small chassis users who are not keen on games, but have certain entertainment needs, it is really quite appropriate.