Radeon Instinct MI25 vs Tesla S2050

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGF100Vega 10
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date25 July 2011 (12 years ago)27 June 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$11,999 no data
Current priceno data$4374

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 cores4484096
Core clock speed574 MHz1400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)900 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate32.14384.0
Floating-point performance4x 1,027.7 gflops12,288 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount3 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed3092 MHz1704 MHz
Memory bandwidth148.4 GB/s436.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.1.125
CUDA2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2011 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 900 Watt 300 Watt

We couldn't decide between Tesla S2050 and Radeon Instinct MI25. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla S2050 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon Instinct MI25 is a desktop one.


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