Radeon RX 7700 XT vs Instinct MI60
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 40 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 71.15 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.31 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega 20 | Navi 32 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 November 2018 (6 years ago) | 25 August 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $449 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 4096 | 3456 |
| Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1435 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1800 MHz | 2544 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 13,230 million | 28,100 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 245 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 460.8 | 549.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 14.75 TFLOPS | 35.17 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 96 |
| TMUs | 256 | 216 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 54 |
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 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 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 type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,024 GB/s | 432.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 November 2018 | 25 August 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 245 Watt |
Instinct MI60 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RX 7700 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 22.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI60 and Radeon RX 7700 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI60 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 7700 XT 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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