GRID A100A vs Radeon Instinct MI8

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameFijiGA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 December 2016 (8 years ago)14 May 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 cores40966912
Core clock speed1000 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1005 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate256.0434.2
Floating-point processing power8.192 TFLOPS13.89 TFLOPS
ROPs64192
TMUs256432
Tensor Coresno data432
L1 Cache1 MB20.3 MB
L2 Cache2 MB48 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length152 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBMHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount4 GB48 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit6144 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s1,866 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA-8.0
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 December 2016 14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 400 Watt

Instinct MI8 has 128.6% lower power consumption.

GRID A100A, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI8 and GRID A100A. We've got no test results to judge.

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