Radeon Instinct MI250 vs HD 6970M Crossfire
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 538 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | CDNA 2.0 (2021) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb XT | Aldebaran |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 January 2011 (14 years ago) | 8 November 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 | 1920 | 13312 |
| Core clock speed | 680 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2x1700 Million | 58,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 500 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 1,414 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 45.26 TFLOPS |
| TMUs | no data | 832 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 3.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x2 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 3,277 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| 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 | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | N/A |
| Shader Model | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | no data | N/A |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2011 | 8 November 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
Instinct MI250 has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and Radeon Instinct MI250. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI250 is a workstation one.
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