Radeon Instinct MI200 vs RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | CDNA 2.0 (2021) |
| GPU code name | GA104 | Aldebaran |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 12 April 2021 (4 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 cores | 4096 | 6656 |
| Core clock speed | 495 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1170 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | 58,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 149.8 | 707.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.585 TFLOPS | 22.63 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | no data |
| TMUs | 128 | 416 |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 4 MB | 1.6 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 16 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 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | OAM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR6 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 4096 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 336.0 GB/s | 1,638 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 64 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 300 Watt |
RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has 328.6% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI200, on the other hand, has a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB and Radeon Instinct MI200. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI200 is a workstation one.
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