Radeon Instinct MI25 vs FirePro S10000 Passive

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated391
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.95
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameTahitiVega 10
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date12 November 2012 (12 years ago)27 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,599 no data

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 cores35844096
Core clock speed825 MHz1400 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)750 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate106.4384.0
Floating-point processing power3.405 TFLOPS12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs112256

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length305 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz852 MHz
Memory bandwidth480 GB/s436.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 November 2012 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 750 Watt 300 Watt

Instinct MI25 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro S10000 Passive and Radeon Instinct MI25. We've got no test results to judge.


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