Radeon Instinct MI250X vs RX 6700 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking50not rated
Place by popularity78not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation57.40no data
Power efficiency15.37no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameNavi 22Aldebaran
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date3 March 2021 (3 years ago)8 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$479 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores256014080
Core clock speed2321 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed2581 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors17,200 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)230 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate413.01,496
Floating-point processing power13.21 TFLOPS47.87 TFLOPS
ROPs64no data
TMUs160880
Ray Tracing Cores40no data

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 connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount12 GB128 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s3,277 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.5N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.2N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 March 2021 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 230 Watt 500 Watt

RX 6700 XT has 117.4% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI250X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, a 966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon Instinct MI250X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6700 XT is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI250X is a workstation one.


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