GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q vs Radeon Instinct MI50
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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 | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega 20 | AD106 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 November 2018 (7 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (2 years 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 | 3840 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1746 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 13,230 million | 22,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 419.0 | 177.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.41 TFLOPS | 11.34 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 48 |
| TMUs | 240 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
| L1 Cache | 960 KB | 4.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 32 MB |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.02 TB/s | 256.0 GB/s |
| 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 | 1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 November 2018 | 3 January 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
Instinct MI50 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX 4070 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 757.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI50 and GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI50 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q is a notebook one.
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