Radeon Instinct MI308X vs PRO W7800 48 GB
Contents
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 | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) | CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024) |
| GPU code name | Navi 31 | Aqua Vanjaram |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 April 2023 (2 years ago) | 6 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,499 | no data |
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 | 4480 | 19456 |
| Core clock speed | 1895 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2525 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 57,700 million | 153,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 281 Watt | 750 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 707.0 | 2,554 |
| Floating-point processing power | 45.25 TFLOPS | 81.72 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 128 | no data |
| TMUs | 280 | 1216 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 1216 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 70 | no data |
| L0 Cache | 2.2 MB | no data |
| L1 Cache | 2 MB | 4.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 Cache | 96 MB | 256 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 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 280 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | OAM Module |
| 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 | GDDR6 | HBM3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 2525 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 864.0 GB/s | 10.3 TB/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 | 3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 April 2023 | 6 December 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 192 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 281 Watt | 750 Watt |
PRO W7800 48 GB has 166.9% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI308X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon PRO W7800 48 GB and Radeon Instinct MI308X. We've got no test results to judge.
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