Let's see these two heatpipe coolers, which one is better?

The first six heatpipes, but no fan, passive cooling efficiency or almost.

The second one, S40, has a fan, and it's a big 12CM fan, so the cooling efficiency is not comparable to the first one.

Basically no impact, you can think of it this way, if this impact is very big, pressure will not have manufacturers to make side-blowing radiator. After all, the vast majority of cases these days are stand-up.