Radeon Instinct MI25 vs GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Place in the ranking	1220	476
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.97	2.70
Architecture	G8x (2007)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	NB8E-SE	Vega 10
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	18 September 2007 (18 years ago)	27 June 2017 (8 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	4096 ×2
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1400 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	578 Million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	384.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power	no data	12.29 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	no data	64 ×2
TMUs	no data	256 ×2
L1 Cache	no data	1 MB
L2 Cache	no data	4 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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR3	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB ×2
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2048 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	852 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	436.2 GB/s ×2
Shared memory	-	-

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 data

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	10	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.1.125

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%
Valorant	27−30 −1279%	400−450 +1279%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	21−24 −1329%	300−310 +1329%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Dota 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1317%	85−90 +1317%
Valorant	27−30 −1279%	400−450 +1279%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Dota 2	12−14 −1285%	180−190 +1285%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 −1300%	70−75 +1300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1317%	85−90 +1317%
Valorant	27−30 −1279%	400−450 +1279%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	3−4 −1233%	40−45 +1233%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Hogwarts Legacy	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

1−2

−1300%

14−16
+1300%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −1329%	200−210 +1329%
Valorant	4−5 −1275%	55−60 +1275%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

−1250%

27−30
+1250%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−1250%

27−30
+1250%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.73	10.53
Recency	18 September 2007	27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	300 Watt

8700M GT SLI has 417.2% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI25, on the other hand, has a 1342.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Instinct MI25 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8700M GT SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8700M GT SLI is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI25 is a workstation one.

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