Radeon Instinct MI8 vs Quadro FX 350
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1440 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.73 | no data |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | G72 | Fiji |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 20 April 2006 (19 years ago) | 12 December 2016 (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 | no data | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 112 million | 8,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 21 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.200 | 256.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 8.192 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 64 |
| TMUs | 4 | 256 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 152 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 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 | DDR2 | HBM |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 4096 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 405 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.48 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 April 2006 | 12 December 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 21 Watt | 175 Watt |
FX 350 has 733.3% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI8, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 350 and Radeon Instinct MI8. We've got no test results to judge.
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