Radeon Instinct MI300X vs RX 540X

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024)
GPU code namePolaris 23Aqua Vanjaram
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date11 April 2018 (6 years ago)6 December 2023 (1 year 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 cores51219456
Core clock speed1124 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1219 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million153,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt750 Watt
Texture fill rate39.012,554
Floating-point processing power1.248 TFLOPS81.72 TFLOPS
ROPs16no data
TMUs321216
Tensor Coresno data1216

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno dataOAM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5HBM3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB192 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2525 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s5,171 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.

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)N/A
Shader Model6.4N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 April 2018 6 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 192 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 750 Watt

RX 540X has 1400% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI300X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 540X and Radeon Instinct MI300X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 540X is a notebook card while Radeon Instinct MI300X is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon RX 540X
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