Qualcomm Adreno X2-85 vs Radeon Instinct MI250

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	CDNA 2.0 (2021)	no data
GPU code name	Aldebaran	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	8 November 2021 (4 years ago)	29 September 2025 (less than a year 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	13312	no data
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1700 MHz
Number of transistors	58,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	1,414	no data
Floating-point processing power	45.26 TFLOPS	no data
TMUs	832	no data
L1 Cache	3.3 MB	no data
L2 Cache	16 MB	no data

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 4.0 x16	no data
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	HBM2e	no data
Maximum RAM amount	128 GB	no data
Memory bus width	8192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	3,277 GB/s	no data
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

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API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	N/A	no data
Shader Model	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

8 November 2021

29 September 2025

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