AMD Instinct MI355X vs NVIDIA A30

AMD Instinct MI355X
NVIDIA A30
16384 Shaders
288GB HBM3e
2400MHz
3584 Shaders
24GB HBM2
1440MHz
Peak AI Performance
20.13 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.32 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
157.29 TFLOPS
FP32
10.32 TFLOPS
FP16
157.29 TFLOPS
FP16
41.29 TFLOPS
Form Factor
OAM Module
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
1400W
TDP
165W
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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
20.13 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.32 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP4
10.07 PFLOPS Tensor
20.13 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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5.03 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
10.07 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
5.03 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
10.07 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
157.29 TFLOPS
2.52 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
5.03 PFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
2.52 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
5.03 PFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
41.29 TFLOPS
165.15 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
330.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
165.15 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
330.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
157.29 TFLOPS
157.29 TFLOPS Tensor
314.57 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
FP32
10.32 TFLOPS
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FP64
78.64 TFLOPS
78.64 TFLOPS Tensor
FP64
5.16 TFLOPS
10.32 TFLOPS Tensor
BF16
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2.52 PFLOPS Tensor
5.03 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
20.64 TFLOPS
165.15 TFLOPS Tensor
330.3 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
82.58 TFLOPS Tensor
165.15 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
5.03 POPS Tensor
10.07 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
660.6 TOPS Tensor
1.32 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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5.03 POPS Tensor
10.07 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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330.3 TOPS Tensor
660.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
10.32 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
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Pixel Fillrate
138.24 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
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Texture Fillrate
322.56 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
CDNA 4
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Instinct
Family
Server
Codename
CDNA Next
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Codename
NV170
GA100
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
6/12/2025
Release Date
4/12/2021
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC IO Die
Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N3P
N6 IO Die
Fabrication Node
7N
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Die Size
8x 181 mm²
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Die Size
826 mm²
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Transistor Count
8x 17.4 Billion
2x 23 Billion IO Die
Transistor Count
54.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
96.13M/mm²
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Transistor Density
65.62M/mm²
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Form
OAM Module
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
16384 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
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Texture Mapping Units
224 TMUs
Render Output Units
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Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
1024 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
224 T-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
56 SMs
Compute Units
256 CUs
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2400MHz
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930MHz Base
1440MHz
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
192KB/SM
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L2
16MB Shared
L2
24MB Shared
L3
256MB Shared
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288GB
HBM3e
ECC
24GB
HBM2
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Bus Width
8192Bit
Bus Width
3072Bit
Clock
3906MHz
Transfer Rate
7.8GT/s
Bandwidth
8000.1GB/s
Clock
1215MHz
Transfer Rate
2.4GT/s
Bandwidth
933.1GB/s
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TDP
1400W
TDP
165W
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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
4x VCN 4.0
No Encoders
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Codec
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Model
4x VCN 4.0
Model
5x NVDEC 4
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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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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OpenCL
3.0
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OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
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GFX
9.4
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CUDA
8.0
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
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
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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