Radeon Instinct MI100 vs GeForce GTX 1650
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 266 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 3 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 39.36 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 18.97 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | CDNA 1.0 (2020) |
| GPU code name | TU117 | Arcturus |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 16 November 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 896 | 7680 |
| Core clock speed | 1485 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1665 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,700 million | 50,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 93.24 | 721.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.984 TFLOPS | 23.07 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| TMUs | 56 | 480 |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR5 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 4096 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 1,229 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 April 2019 | 16 November 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 32 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 300 Watt |
GTX 1650 has 300% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1650 and Radeon Instinct MI100. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI100 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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