Radeon Instinct MI300X vs RX 7800 XT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 31 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 93 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 70.96 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) | CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024) |
| GPU code name | Navi 32 | Aqua Vanjaram |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 August 2023 (1 year ago) | 6 December 2023 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 3840 | 19456 |
| Core clock speed | 1295 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2430 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 28,100 million | 153,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 263 Watt | 750 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 583.2 | 2,554 |
| Floating-point processing power | 37.32 TFLOPS | 81.72 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | no data |
| TMUs | 240 | 1216 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 1216 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 60 | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 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 | 16 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2438 MHz | 2525 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 624.1 GB/s | 5,171 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 August 2023 | 6 December 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 192 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 263 Watt | 750 Watt |
RX 7800 XT has 185.2% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI300X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon Instinct MI300X. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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