Radeon Instinct MI210 vs A100 SXM4

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameGA100Aldebaran
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date14 May 2020 (4 years ago)December 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores69126656
Core clock speed1410 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1700 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate609.1707.2
Floating-point processing power19.49 TFLOPS22.63 TFLOPS
ROPs160no data
TMUs432416
Tensor Cores432no data

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeHBM2EHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount40 GB64 GB
Memory bus width5120 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,555 GB/s1,638 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.5N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.140N/A
CUDA8.0-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 40 GB 64 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 300 Watt

Instinct MI210 has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 and Radeon Instinct MI210. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA A100 SXM4
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