Radeon Instinct MI250X vs R5 230

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1170	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code name	Caicos	Aldebaran
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (10 years ago)	8 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Current price	$76	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	160	14080
Boost clock speed	no data	1700 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	500 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	1,496
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	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).

Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	2x 8-pin

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	DDR3	HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	8192 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	3.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	3,277 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
​PowerPlay	+	no data
DDMA audio	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	N/A
Shader Model	5.0	N/A
OpenGL	4.4	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	-	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2014	8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	500 Watt

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