AMD Radeon Instinct MI210: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Radeon Instinct MI210 sales on December 2021. This is a desktop graphics card based on a CDNA 2.0 architecture and made with 6 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 64 GB of HBM2e memory clocked at 3.2 GB/s are supplied, and together with 4096 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1,638 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.
We have no data on Radeon Instinct MI210 benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon Instinct MI210: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | CDNA 2.0 (2021) | |
| GPU code name | Aldebaran | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | December 2021 (2 years old) |
Technical specs
Radeon Instinct MI210's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon Instinct MI210's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6656 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1700 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 58,200 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 707.2 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon Instinct MI210 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon Instinct MI210: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | HBM2e | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 3.2 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,638 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon Instinct MI210. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon Instinct MI210, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | N/A | |
| Shader Model | N/A | |
| OpenGL | N/A | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon Instinct MI210 is GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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