Just days after the lukewarm reveal of Radeon RX 9060, AMD has quietly introduced another GPU, this time the Radeon RX 7400 from the previous RDNA3-based generation. The chipmaker didn’t make any specific announcement for this new model, except for publishing its specification page and a recent sighting of this GPU in a Dell commercial PC.
Radeon RX 7400
So how does the lowest-end RDNA3-based desktop GPU look like? In terms of core count, it has 1,792 of them, which is actually not too far behind the RX 7600’s 2,048-core silicon (both are based on Navi 33). In fact, even the memory capacity is the same, with 8GB GDDR6 onboard. Based on the listed numbers here, the RX 7400 seemingly is quite capable as a entry-level card – but there’s reason why the model number is ‘RX 7400’.
Here’s two major caveats of the RX 7400: the first is the significantly lower memory bandwidth owing to the slower 10.8 Gbps modules, which amounts to a total bandwidth of 172.8GB/s – in comparison, the RX 7600’s 18Gbps modules gives it 288GB/s. The second drawback of this card is the power draw, at a mere 43 watts (although it’s unclear if this is the exact TBP figure).
The only place this GPU is known to be in right now is the Dell Pro Tower series PCs, alongside other options from both AMD and NVIDIA; the systems are matched with either the latest Arrow Lake-based Intel Core Ultra 200 processors, or the older 14th Gen Core for the cheaper options. Unsurprisingly, this GPU is not available outside of OEM systems, though based on its numbers we just mentioned, its capabilities are probably too limited for gaming use to warrant a DIY release.
Pokdepinion: Give this silicon 100W or so and faster memory and I think it’ll do fine as a ‘RX 7500’.
