N1 16SM vs Radeon Instinct MI200

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	CDNA 2.0 (2021−2022)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code name	Aldebaran	GB20B
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	8 November 2021 (4 years ago)	1 June 2026 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	6656	2048
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	741 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	2346 MHz
Number of transistors	58,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	707.2	300.3
Floating-point processing power	22.63 TFLOPS	9.609 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	24
TMUs	416	128
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L1 Cache	1.6 MB	2 MB
L2 Cache	16 MB	50 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Width	OAM Module	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	HBM2e	LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	128 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1.64 TB/s	273.2 GB/s
Resizable BAR	+	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	N/A	N/A
Shader Model	N/A	N/A
OpenGL	N/A	N/A
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	12.1
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 November 2021	1 June 2026
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	128 GB
Chip lithography	6 nm	5 nm