Radeon Instinct MI455X vs CMP 170HX

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	Ampere (2020−2025)	CDNA 5.0 (2026)
GPU code name	GA100	MI450 256CU
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	1 September 2021 (4 years ago)	23 July 2026 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,299	no data

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	4480	32768
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	54,200 million	320,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	2 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	1400 Watt
Texture fill rate	394.8	2,457.6
Floating-point processing power	12.63 TFLOPS	157.3 TFLOPS
ROPs	128	no data
TMUs	280	1024
Tensor Cores	280	no data
L1 Cache	13.1 MB	8 MB
L2 Cache	8 MB	192 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 x4	PCIe 5.0 x16
Width	IGP	EAM Module
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	HBM2e	HBM4
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	432 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	24576 Bit
Memory clock speed	1458 MHz	1900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1,493 GB/s	23.3 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	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	8.0	-
DLSS	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2021	23 July 2026
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	432 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	2 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	1400 Watt