H800 PCIe 80 GB vs Radeon Instinct MI250X
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 2.0 (2021) | Hopper (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Aldebaran | GH100 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 8 November 2021 (3 years ago) | 21 March 2023 (1 year 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 | 14080 | 14592 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1095 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1700 MHz | 1755 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 58,200 million | 80,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1,496 | 800.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 47.87 TFLOPS | 51.22 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 24 |
| TMUs | 880 | 456 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 456 |
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 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 268 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 16-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 type | HBM2e | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 GB | 80 GB |
| Memory bus width | 8192 Bit | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1593 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 3,277 GB/s | 2,039 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | N/A | N/A |
| Shader Model | N/A | N/A |
| OpenGL | N/A | N/A |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 9.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 November 2021 | 21 March 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 GB | 80 GB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 350 Watt |
Instinct MI250X has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount.
H800 PCIe 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI250X and H800 PCIe 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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