AMD Radeon Instinct MI50 vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI8

AMD Radeon Instinct MI50
AMD Radeon Instinct MI8
3840 Shaders
16GB HBM2
1725MHz
4096 Shaders
4GB HBM
1000MHz
Peak AI Performance
26.5 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
8.19 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
13.25 TFLOPS
FP32
8.19 TFLOPS
FP16
26.5 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
300W
TDP
175W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Metal N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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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
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Peak AI Performance
26.5 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
8.19 TFLOPS
FP32
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FP16
26.5 TFLOPS
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FP32
13.25 TFLOPS
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FP32
8.19 TFLOPS
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FP64
6.62 TFLOPS
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FP64
510 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
110.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
64 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
414 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
256 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
GCN 5
Architecture
GCN 3
Family
Instinct
Family
Instinct
Codename
Moonshot
Vega 20
Variant
Vega 20 XL GL
Codename
Fiji
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Variant
Fiji XT GL
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
11/18/2018
Release Date
6/20/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
331 mm²
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Die Size
596 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.2 Billion
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Transistor Count
8.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
39.97M/mm²
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Transistor Density
14.93M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
4096 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
256 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Compute Units
60 CUs
Compute Units
64 CUs
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1450MHz Base
1725MHz
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1000MHz Base
1000MHz
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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16GB
HBM2
ECC
4GB
HBM
ECC
Bus Width
4096Bit
Bus Width
4096Bit
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
1024GB/s
Clock
500MHz
Transfer Rate
1GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
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TDP
300W
TDP
175W
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1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Model
VCE 4.1
Model
VCE 3.0
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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Model
UVD 7.2
Model
UVD 6.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
9
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
8
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
152 mm (5.98 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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