HD Graphics 12EU vs Radeon Instinct MI100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | CDNA 1.0 (2020) | Generation 5.75 (2010) |
| GPU code name | Arcturus | Ironlake |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 November 2020 (3 years ago) | 10 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
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 cores | 7680 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1502 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 50,000 million | 177 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 721.0 | 6.396 |
| Floating-point processing power | 23.07 TFLOPS | 0.1023 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 2 |
| TMUs | 480 | 12 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | QPI |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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 type | HBM2 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,229 GB/s | no data |
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 Connectors | No outputs | Motherboard Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | N/A | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | N/A | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | N/A | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 November 2020 | 10 January 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 35 Watt |
Instinct MI100 has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
HD Graphics 12EU, on the other hand, has 757.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI100 and HD Graphics 12EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI100 is a workstation graphics card while HD Graphics 12EU is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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