Radeon Instinct MI250 vs RX 7900 XT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 14 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 37.76 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 17.17 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) | CDNA 2.0 (2021) |
| GPU code name | Navi 31 | Aldebaran |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 3 November 2022 (2 years ago) | 8 November 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | 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 | 5376 | 13312 |
| Core clock speed | 1387 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2394 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 57,700 million | 58,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 804.4 | 1,414 |
| Floating-point processing power | 51.48 TFLOPS | 45.26 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | no data |
| TMUs | 336 | 832 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 84 | 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 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 276 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR6 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 20 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 8192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 800.0 GB/s | 3,277 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C | 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 | 3 November 2022 | 8 November 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 20 GB | 128 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 500 Watt |
RX 7900 XT has an age advantage of 11 months, a 20% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.
Instinct MI250, on the other hand, has a 540% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 7900 XT and Radeon Instinct MI250. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 7900 XT is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI250 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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