RTX A2000 vs Radeon Instinct MI25

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Instinct MI25 and RTX A2000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Instinct MI25
2017
16 GB HBM2, 300 Watt
12.90

RTX A2000 outperforms Instinct MI25 by a whopping 176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking386136
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data85.86
Power efficiency2.9835.21
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10GA106
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)10 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores40963328
Core clock speed1400 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate384.0124.8
Floating-point processing power12.29 TFLOPS7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs256104
Tensor Coresno data104
Ray Tracing Coresno data26

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
Length267 mm167 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed852 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth436.2 GB/s288.0 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 outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.1.1251.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Instinct MI25 12.90
RTX A2000 35.59
+176%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Instinct MI25 4978
RTX A2000 13732
+176%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Instinct MI25 67679
RTX A2000 73367
+8.4%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Instinct MI25 71503
+4.3%
RTX A2000 68551

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD30−35
−220%
96
+220%
1440p16−18
−188%
46
+188%
4K10−12
−190%
29
+190%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.68
1440pno data9.76
4Kno data15.48

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.90 35.59
Recency 27 June 2017 10 August 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 70 Watt

Instinct MI25 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A2000, on the other hand, has a 175.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

The RTX A2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Instinct MI25 in performance tests.


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