T500 Max-Q vs Radeon Instinct MI6
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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 4.0 (2016−2020) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Ellesmere | TU117 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 12 December 2016 (8 years ago) | 2 December 2020 (5 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 | 2304 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 1120 MHz | 795 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1233 MHz | 1425 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 177.6 | 79.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.682 TFLOPS | 2.554 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | 56 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | 896 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 1024 KB |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 80 GB/s |
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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 December 2016 | 2 December 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 18 Watt |
Instinct MI6 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
T500 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI6 and T500 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI6 is a workstation graphics card while T500 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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