NVIDIA A2 vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

NVIDIA A2
AMD Radeon Instinct MI50
1280 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
1770MHz
3840 Shaders
16GB HBM2
1725MHz
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
26.5 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
FP32
13.25 TFLOPS
FP16
4.53 TFLOPS
FP16
26.5 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
60W
TDP
300W
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Power Connectors
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2x 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
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
145 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
26.5 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
26.5 TFLOPS
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FP32
4.53 TFLOPS
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FP32
13.25 TFLOPS
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FP64
70 GFLOPS
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FP64
6.62 TFLOPS
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BF16
4.53 TFLOPS
18.13 TFLOPS Tensor
36.25 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
9.06 TFLOPS Tensor
18.12 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
72.5 TOPS Tensor
145 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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36.25 TOPS Tensor
72.5 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
2.27 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
8.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
56.64 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
110.4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
70.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
414 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
GCN 5
Family
Server
Family
Instinct
Codename
NV177
GA107
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Codename
Moonshot
Vega 20
Variant
Vega 20 XL GL
Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
11/10/2021
Release Date
11/18/2018
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
331 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
39.97M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Tensor Cores
40 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
10 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
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Compute Units
60 CUs
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1440MHz Base
1770MHz
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1450MHz Base
1725MHz
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
2MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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16GB
GDDR6
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16GB
HBM2
ECC
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
4096Bit
Clock
782MHz
Transfer Rate
6.3GT/s
Bandwidth
100GB/s
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
1024GB/s
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TDP
60W
TDP
300W
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No Ports
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1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4
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Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
-
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
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
Unknown
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
NVENC 7
Model
VCE 4.1
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
NVDEC 5
Model
UVD 7.2
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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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_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
9
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
69 mm (2.72 in)
Width
168 mm (6.61 in)
Depth
20 mm (0.79 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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