Radeon Instinct MI355X vs Arctic Sound 2T
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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 | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) | CDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Arctic Sound | CDNA Next |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 2021 (4 years ago) | 2025 (recently) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 7680 ×2 | 16384 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 185,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 1400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 216.0 ×2 | 2,457.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.82 TFLOPS ×2 | 78.64 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 120 ×2 | no data |
| TMUs | 240 ×2 | 1024 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 1024 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
| L2 Cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 256 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 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | OAM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | HBM3e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB ×2 | 288 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit ×2 | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.23 TB/s ×2 | 8.19 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
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 | 6.6 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 288 GB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 1400 Watt |
Arctic Sound 2T has 180% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI355X, on the other hand, has a 1700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Arctic Sound 2T and Radeon Instinct MI355X. We've got no test results to judge.
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