Radeon Instinct MI250X vs GeForce GTX 1050

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking389not rated
Place by popularity15not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.35no data
Power efficiency11.94no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameGP107Aldebaran
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)8 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores64014080
Core clock speed1290 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1392 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt500 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate58.201,496
Floating-point processing power1.862 TFLOPS47.87 TFLOPS
ROPs32no data
TMUs40880

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 4.0 x16
Length145 mm267 mm
Height4.38" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)300 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin
SLI-no data

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s3,277 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.4N/A
OpenGL4.5N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 October 2016 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 500 Watt

GTX 1050 has 566.7% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI250X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 and Radeon Instinct MI250X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI250X is a workstation one.


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