Radeon Instinct MI250 vs R5 M330

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking971not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.86no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameExoAldebaran
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)8 November 2021 (3 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 cores32013312
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed955 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1030 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors690 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate20.601,414
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPS45.26 TFLOPS
ROPs8no data
TMUs20832

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount4 GB128 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s3,277 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 12N/A
Shader Model5.0N/A
OpenGL4.4N/A
OpenCLNot Listed3.0
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 500 Watt

R5 M330 has 2677.8% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI250, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M330 and Radeon Instinct MI250. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 M330 is a notebook card while Radeon Instinct MI250 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R5 M330
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