AMD Radeon Instinct MI6 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled

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Table of Contents

Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
Clocks
Memory Configuration
Render Configuration
Performance
Dimensions & Outputs
API Support & Features
Other Features

Graphics Processor

GPU model	Ellesmere	Vega 10
GPU variant	Ellesmere XT	Vega 10 XTX LCS
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 5.0
Foundry	GlobalFoundries	GlobalFoundries
Manufacturing process	14 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	5,700 million	12,500 million
Die size	232 mm²	495 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date	Dec 12th, 2016	Jul 13th, 2017
Generation	Radeon Instinct	Radeon Pro
Production	Active	Active
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Launch price	—	1,489 USD

Clocks

Base clock	1120 MHz	1382 MHz
Boost clock	1233 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory clock	1750 MHz 7 Gbps effective	945 MHz 1890 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size	8 GB	16 GB
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM2
Memory bus width	256 bit	2048 bit
Bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	483.8 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units	2304	4096
TMUs	144	256
ROPs	32	64
Compute units	36	64
Cache L1	16 KB (per CU)	16 KB (per CU)
Cache L2	2 MB	4 MB

Performance

Pixel rate	39.46 GPixel/s	102.4 GPixel/s
Texture rate	177.6 GTexel/s	409.6 GTexel/s
FP16 (half) performance	5.682 TFLOPS (1:1)	26.21 TFLOPS (2:1)
FP32 (float) performance	5.682 TFLOPS	13.11 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance	355.1 GFLOPS (1:16)	819.2 GFLOPS (1:16)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Length	241 mm 9.5 inches	267 mm 10.5 inches
Width	111 mm 4.4 inches	111 mm 4.4 inches
TDP	150 W	375 W
Suggested PSU	450 W	750 W
Outputs	No outputs	1x HDMI3x DisplayPort
Power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Board number	D122	D050-12

API Support & Features

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	2.1
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
Shader model	6.4	6.4

Other Features

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