AMD Radeon Instinct MI100 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Arcturus | GM206 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Arcturus XL | GM206-300-A1 |
| Architecture | CDNA 1.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 25,600 million | 2,940 million |
| Die size | 750 mm² | 228 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 16th, 2020 | Jan 22nd, 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Instinct | GeForce 900 |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Launch price | — | 199 USD |
| Reviews | — | 124 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 700 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 10 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1000 MHz | 1127 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1502 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| SOC clock | 1091 MHz | — |
| UVD clock | 1403 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 1200 MHz 2.4 Gbps effective | 1753 MHz 7 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 32 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 4096 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 1,229 GB/s | 112.2 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 7680 | 1024 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 480 | 64 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Compute units | 120 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 8 MB | 1024 KB |
| SMM count | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 96.13 GPixel/s | 37.70 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 721.0 GTexel/s | 75.39 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 184.6 TFLOPS (8:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 23.07 TFLOPS | 2.413 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 11.54 TFLOPS (1:2) | 75.39 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm 10.5 inches | 241 mm 9.5 inches |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 300 W | 120 W |
| Suggested PSU | 700 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | 109-D05187 | PG301 |
| gpu.details.bios-number | 113-D3430300-025 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | — | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | — | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | — | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 5.2 |
