Radeon Instinct MI8 vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking121not rated
Place by popularity60not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation31.21no data
Power efficiency14.53no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP104Fiji
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date2 November 2017 (7 years ago)12 December 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores24324096
Core clock speed1607 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate255.8256.0
Floating-point processing power8.186 TFLOPS8.192 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs152256

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm152 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5HBM
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/s512.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 November 2017 12 December 2016
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 175 Watt

GTX 1070 Ti has an age advantage of 10 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

Instinct MI8, on the other hand, has 2.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and Radeon Instinct MI8. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI8 is a workstation one.


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