Radeon Instinct MI250 vs HD 6970M Mac Edition
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 | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | CDNA 2.0 (2021) |
| GPU code name | Blackcomb | Aldebaran |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 25 August 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 | 960 | 13312 |
| Core clock speed | 680 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 58,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 32.64 | 1,414 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.306 TFLOPS | 45.26 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | no data |
| TMUs | 48 | 832 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 3.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 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 | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 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 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 3,277 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 August 2011 | 8 November 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 500 Watt |
HD 6970M Mac Edition has 566.7% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI250, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and Radeon Instinct MI250. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI250 is a workstation one.
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