Radeon Instinct MI350X vs GeForce 8400 SE
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1472 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.24 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | CDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | G86S | CDNA Next |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 August 2008 (17 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 | 16 | 16384 |
| Core clock speed | 459 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 185,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 1000 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.672 | 2,252.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.02938 TFLOPS | 72.09 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | no data |
| TMUs | 8 | 1024 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 1024 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
| L2 Cache | 16 KB | 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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-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 | DDR2 | HBM3e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 288 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 288 GB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 1000 Watt |
8400 SE has 1900% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI350X, on the other hand, has a 230300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2566.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400 SE and Radeon Instinct MI350X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 8400 SE is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI350X is a workstation one.
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