AMD Instinct MI250X vs NVIDIA A10

AMD Instinct MI250X
NVIDIA A10
14080 Shaders
128GB HBM2e
1700MHz
9216 Shaders
24GB GDDR6
1695MHz
Peak AI Performance
382.98 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
999.75 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
47.87 TFLOPS
FP32
31.24 TFLOPS
FP16
95.74 TFLOPS
FP16
31.24 TFLOPS
Form Factor
OAM Module
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
560W
TDP
150W
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
382.98 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
999.75 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
95.74 TFLOPS
382.98 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
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382.98 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
31.24 TFLOPS
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
47.87 TFLOPS
95.74 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
31.24 TFLOPS
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FP64
47.87 TFLOPS
95.74 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
490 GFLOPS
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BF16
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382.98 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
31.24 TFLOPS
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor
249.94 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
62.48 TFLOPS Tensor
124.97 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
382.98 TOPS Tensor
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INT4
499.88 TOPS Tensor
999.75 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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382.98 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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249.94 TOPS Tensor
499.88 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
15.62 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
61 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
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Pixel Fillrate
162.72 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1496 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
488.16 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
CDNA 2
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Instinct
Family
Server
Codename
Aldebaran
Aldebaran XTX
Variant
Aldebaran XTX
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-890-A1
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
11/8/2021
Release Date
4/12/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
2x 724 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 28 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
38.67M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
OAM Module
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
14080 Shaders
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Shading Units
9216 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
880 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
288 TMUs
Render Output Units
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Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
880 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
288 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
72 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
72 SMs
Compute Units
220 CUs
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1000MHz Base
1700MHz
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885MHz Base
1695MHz
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
16MB Shared
L2
6MB Shared
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128GB
HBM2e
ECC
24GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
8192Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1600MHz
Transfer Rate
3.2GT/s
Bandwidth
3276.8GB/s
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
300.1GB/s
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TDP
560W
TDP
150W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
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Model
2x VCN 2.6
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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No Decoders
Model
NVDEC 5
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
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OpenCL
3.0
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
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GFX
9.4
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Infinity Fabric
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
NVLink
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
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