A16 PCIe vs Radeon Instinct MI50

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameVega 20GA107
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date18 November 2018 (7 years ago)12 April 2021 (5 years 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 cores38402560 ×4
Core clock speed1200 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speed1746 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors13,230 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate419.0135.6 ×4
Floating-point processing power13.41 TFLOPS8.678 TFLOPS ×4
ROPs6448 ×4
TMUs24080 ×4
Tensor Coresno data80 ×4
Ray Tracing Coresno data20 ×4
L1 Cache960 KB2.5 MB
L2 Cache4 MB2 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB16 GB ×4
Memory bus width4096 Bit128 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1812 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.02 TB/s231.9 GB/s ×4
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 Connectors1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.2
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 November 2018 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt

Instinct MI50 has a 13% more advanced lithography process.

A16 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 17% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI50 and A16 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

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