Radeon Instinct MI210 vs GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking745not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.90no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameGF116Aldebaran
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date15 March 2011 (15 years ago)December 2021 (4 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 cores1926656
Core clock speed783 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1700 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate25.06707.2
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS22.63 TFLOPS
ROPs16no data
TMUs32416
L1 Cache256 KB1.6 MB
L2 Cache256 KB16 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s1,638 GB/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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 300 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has 183% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI210, on the other hand, has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 567% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and Radeon Instinct MI210. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI210 is a workstation one.

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