Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Instinct MI100

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Primary Details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated24
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluationno data28.05
ArchitectureCDNA 1.0 (2020)Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameArcturusNavi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 November 2020 (3 years ago)18 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649
Current priceno data$696 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores76804608
Core clock speedno data1825 MHz
Boost clock speed1502 MHz2250 MHz
Number of transistors50,000 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate721.0648.0

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 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB16 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2.4 GB/s16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,229 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMIno data+

API Compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.5
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL2.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & Cons Summary


Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 16 GB

We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI100 and Radeon RX 6800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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