Radeon Instinct MI250X vs GeForce RTX 2060

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking131not rated
Place by popularity16not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation40.45no data
Power efficiency15.73no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameTU106Aldebaran
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date7 January 2019 (5 years ago)8 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 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 cores192014080
Core clock speed1365 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1680 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate201.61,496
Floating-point processing power6.451 TFLOPS47.87 TFLOPS
ROPs48no data
TMUs120880
Tensor Cores240no data
Ray Tracing Cores30no 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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount6 GB128 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo 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.

DirectX12N/A
Shader Model6.5N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2019 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 500 Watt

RTX 2060 has 212.5% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI250X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 2033.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 and Radeon Instinct MI250X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI250X is a workstation one.


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