A800 PCIe 40 GB vs Radeon Instinct MI210

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCDNA 2.0 (2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAldebaranGA100
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release dateDecember 2021 (3 years ago)8 November 2022 (2 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 cores66566912
Core clock speed1000 MHz765 MHz
Boost clock speed1700 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors58,200 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate707.2609.1
Floating-point processing power22.63 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPsno data160
TMUs416432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeHBM2eHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount64 GB40 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,638 GB/s1,555 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/AN/A
Shader ModelN/AN/A
OpenGLN/AN/A
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt

Instinct MI210 has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

A800 PCIe 40 GB, on the other hand, has 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI210 and A800 PCIe 40 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon Instinct MI210
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