AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Fiji | Vega 10 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Fiji XT | Vega 10 XTX LCS |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | GCN 5.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Number of transistors | 8,900 million | 12,500 million |
| Die size | 596 mm² | 495 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 12th, 2016 | Jul 13th, 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Instinct | Radeon Pro |
| Production | End-of-life | Active |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Launch price | — | 1,489 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 1000 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 945 MHz 1890 Mbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1382 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1600 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 16 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | HBM | HBM2 |
| Memory bus width | 4096 bit | 2048 bit |
| Bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 483.8 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 4096 | 4096 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 256 | 256 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Compute units | 64 | 64 |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per CU) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 64.00 GPixel/s | 102.4 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 256.0 GTexel/s | 409.6 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 8.192 TFLOPS (1:1) | 26.21 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 8.192 TFLOPS | 13.11 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 512.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | 819.2 GFLOPS (1:16) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 152 mm 6 inches | 267 mm 10.5 inches |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| TDP | 175 W | 375 W |
| Suggested PSU | 450 W | 750 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Board number | — | D050-12 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.3 | 6.4 |
