GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile vs Radeon Instinct MI25
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Instinct MI25 with GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile, including specs and performance data.
RTX 5080 Mobile outperforms Instinct MI25 by a whopping 526% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 430 | 17 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.75 | 64.57 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | GB203 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 27 June 2017 (7 years ago) | 2 April 2025 (recently) |
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 | 4096 ×2 | 7680 |
| Core clock speed | 1400 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 45,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 384.0 ×2 | 360.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.29 TFLOPS ×2 | 23.04 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | 96 |
| TMUs | 256 ×2 | 240 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 60 |
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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | no data |
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 | HBM2 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB ×2 | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 852 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 436.2 GB/s ×2 | 896.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 11.04 | 69.10 |
| Recency | 27 June 2017 | 2 April 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 80 Watt |
RTX 5080 Mobile has a 525.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.
The GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Instinct MI25 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI25 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile is a notebook one.
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