N1 16SM vs Radeon Instinct MI25

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	537	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.35	no data
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code name	Vega 10	GB20B
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	27 June 2017 (9 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	4096 ×2	2048
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	741 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	2346 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	384.0 ×2	300.3
Floating-point processing power	12.29 TFLOPS ×2	9.609 TFLOPS
ROPs	64 ×2	24
TMUs	256 ×2	128
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L1 Cache	1 MB	2 MB
L2 Cache	4 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 3.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 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	HBM2	LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB ×2	128 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit ×2	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	852 MHz	1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth	436.2 GB/s ×2	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	12 (12_1)	N/A
Shader Model	6.4	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.125	N/A
CUDA	-	12.1
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 June 2017	1 June 2026
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	128 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm