Radeon Instinct MI250X vs GeForce GTX TITAN

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking255not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.25no data
Power efficiency5.88no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameGK110Aldebaran
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 February 2013 (11 years ago)8 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 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 cores268814080
Core clock speed837 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate196.21,496
Floating-point processing power4.709 TFLOPS47.87 TFLOPS
ROPs48no data
TMUs224880

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount6 GB128 GB
Memory bus width384-bit GDDR58192 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s3,277 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.4N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 February 2013 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 500 Watt

GTX TITAN has 100% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI250X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 2033.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

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

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


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