Radeon Instinct MI250X vs TITAN Xp

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking59not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation12.89no data
Power efficiency13.82no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameGP102Aldebaran
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 April 2017 (7 years ago)8 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 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 cores384014080
Core clock speed1405 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate379.71,496
Floating-point processing power12.15 TFLOPS47.87 TFLOPS
ROPs96no data
TMUs240880

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 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 typeGDDR5XHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount12 GB128 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1426 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth547.6 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 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.4N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2017 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 500 Watt

TITAN Xp has 100% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI250X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between TITAN Xp and Radeon Instinct MI250X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that TITAN Xp is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI250X is a workstation one.


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