Radeon Instinct MI50 vs Pro W6600X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	205	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.20	no data
Power efficiency	20.33	no data
Architecture	RDNA 2 (2021−2025)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Navi 23	Vega 20
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	3 August 2021 (5 years ago)	18 November 2018 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

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	2048	3840
Core clock speed	2068 MHz	1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz	1746 MHz
Number of transistors	11.1 billion	13,230 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	317.3	419.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	13.41 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	128	240
Ray Tracing Cores	32	no data
L0 Cache	512 KB	no data
L1 Cache	512 KB	960 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	4 MB
L3 Cache	32 MB	no data

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	Apple MPX	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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	GDDR6	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	1.02 TB/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	2x HDMI 2.1	1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.8	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.4	1.3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 August 2021	18 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	300 Watt