Radeon Instinct MI200 vs RTX A40

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameGA102Aldebaran
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)December 2021 (2 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 cores107526656
Core clock speed1305 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1755 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate589.7707.2
Floating-point processing power37.74 TFLOPS22.63 TFLOPS
ROPs112no data
TMUs336416
Tensor Cores336no data
Ray Tracing Cores84no data

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotOAM Module
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS1x 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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount48 GB64 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1812 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth695.8 GB/s1,638 GB/s

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 Connectors3x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.5N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2N/A
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 64 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm

Instinct MI200 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A40 and Radeon Instinct MI200. We've got no test results to judge.


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