Instinct MI25 vs RX 5500 XT

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking212not rated
Place by popularity74not in top-100
Value for money15.42no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 14 XTXVega 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 December 2019 (4 years old)27 June 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 no data
Current price$317 (1.9x MSRP)$4374
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores14084096
Core clock speed1607 MHz1400 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate162.4384.0
Floating-point performanceno data12,288 gflops

Size and 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 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length180 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 8-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1704 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s436.2 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 5500 XT 9167
+84.2%
Instinct MI25 4978

RX 5500 XT outperforms Instinct MI25 by 84% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RX 5500 XT 44830
Instinct MI25 70814
+58%

Instinct MI25 outperforms RX 5500 XT by 58% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RX 5500 XT 41860
Instinct MI25 71503
+70.8%

Instinct MI25 outperforms RX 5500 XT by 71% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 12 December 2019 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 300 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5500 XT and Radeon Instinct MI25. We've got no test results to judge.


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