Radeon Instinct MI250 vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking277not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation26.28no data
Power efficiency17.00no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameGP106Aldebaran
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)8 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores128013312
Core clock speed1506 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt500 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.61,414
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPS45.26 TFLOPS
ROPs48no data
TMUs80832

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 amount6 GB128 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s3,277 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.4N/A
OpenGL4.5N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 500 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has 525% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI250, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 2033.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Radeon Instinct MI250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon Instinct MI250 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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AMD Radeon Instinct MI250
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