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AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

Graphics Processor
Vega 20
Cores
3840
TMUs
240
ROPs
64
Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
Bus Width
4096 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
I/O
I/O
The Radeon Instinct MI50 is a professional graphics card by AMD, launched on November 18th, 2018. Built on the 7 nm process, and based on the Vega 20 graphics processor, in its Vega 20 GLXT variant, the card supports DirectX 12. The Vega 20 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 331 mm² and 13,230 million transistors. It features 3840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. AMD has paired 16 GB HBM2 memory with the Radeon Instinct MI50, which are connected using a 4096-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1200 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1746 MHz, memory is running at 1000 MHz.
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon Instinct MI50 draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 300 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a. Radeon Instinct MI50 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface. The card measures 267 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Vega 20
GPU Variant
Vega 20 GLXT
Architecture
GCN 5.1
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
7 nm
Transistors
13,230 million
Density
40.0M / mm²
Die Size
331 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-1933

Graphics Card

Release Date
Nov 18th, 2018
Generation
Radeon Instinct
(MIx)
Predecessor
FirePro Data Center
Production
Active
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
1%
GeForce 9400 GT
1%
Radeon HD 4550
2%
Radeon HD 5450
2%
Radeon HD 6450
3%
GeForce GT 520
3%
GeForce GT 220
3%
GeForce GT 430
5%
Radeon HD 5570
5%
Radeon HD 4670
5%
GeForce GT 440
5%
GeForce GT 240
5%
GeForce 9600 GT
6%
Radeon HD 5670
7%
GeForce GT 640
7%
GeForce 9800 GT
7%
Radeon HD 6670
8%
Radeon HD 4830
8%
Radeon HD 4770
8%
Radeon HD 4850
9%
GeForce GTS 250
9%
GeForce GTS 450
9%
Radeon HD 5750
10%
Radeon HD 7750
11%
Radeon HD 5770
11%
GeForce GTX 260
11%
Radeon HD 4870
11%
Radeon Vega 8
11%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
12%
GeForce GTX 650
12%
Radeon HD 5830
12%
Radeon HD 6790
13%
Radeon HD 4890
13%
GeForce GTX 460
14%
Radeon RX Vega 11
14%
GeForce GT 1030
14%
GeForce GTX 275
14%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
14%
GeForce GTX 280
14%
GeForce GTX 465
14%
Radeon HD 6850
15%
GeForce GTX 285
15%
Radeon HD 5850
16%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
17%
Radeon HD 7790
17%
Radeon RX 550
17%
GeForce GTX 470
18%
Radeon HD 6870
18%
Radeon HD 5870
19%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
20%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
20%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
20%
Radeon HD 6950
21%
GeForce GTX 295
21%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
22%
Radeon HD 7850
22%
GeForce GTX 480
22%
Radeon HD 6970
23%
Radeon R7 265
24%
Radeon RX 460
24%
Radeon R7 370
24%
GeForce GTX 660
24%
GeForce GTX 570
24%
Radeon RX 560
24%
GeForce GTX 950
26%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
26%
Radeon R9 270X
27%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
27%
GeForce GTX 580
27%
GeForce GTX 1050
27%
Radeon HD 7950
28%
GeForce GTX 1630
28%
Radeon HD 5970
28%
GeForce GTX 760
29%
GeForce GTX 670
31%
GeForce GTX 960
32%
Radeon R9 380
33%
Radeon R9 285
33%
Radeon HD 7970
33%
GeForce GTX 680
34%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
34%
GeForce GTX 770
35%
Radeon HD 6990
36%
Radeon R9 280X
37%
GeForce GTX 590
37%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
38%
GeForce GTX 780
42%
Arc A380
42%
Radeon RX 6400
42%
GeForce GTX 1650
43%
Radeon RX 470
46%
Radeon R9 290
46%
Radeon RX 570
49%
Radeon R9 390
49%
Radeon R9 290X
50%
GeForce GTX 970
50%
GeForce GTX TITAN
51%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
52%
Radeon R9 390X
52%
Radeon HD 7990
53%
Radeon RX 480
53%
GeForce GTX 690
53%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
55%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
56%
Radeon RX 580
56%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
57%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
57%
GeForce GTX 980
57%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
58%
Radeon R9 FURY
58%
Radeon RX 590
61%
Radeon R9 295X2
64%
GeForce GTX 1660
64%
Radeon R9 FURY X
65%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
66%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
68%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
70%
GeForce GTX 1070
74%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
74%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
75%
Radeon RX Vega 56
79%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
83%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
85%
Radeon RX Vega 64
86%
GeForce GTX 1080
87%
GeForce RTX 2060
87%
Radeon RX 5700
91%
Arc A580
91%
Radeon RX 6600
95%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
98%
GeForce RTX 2070
99%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
99%
Radeon Instinct MI50
100%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
101%
Arc A750
104%
Radeon VII
105%
TITAN X Pascal
108%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
109%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
111%
Arc A770
112%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
112%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
118%
Radeon RX 7600
119%
GeForce RTX 4060
120%
GeForce RTX 2080
120%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
123%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
126%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
129%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
134%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
142%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
144%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
145%
GeForce RTX 3070
152%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
162%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
164%
Radeon RX 6800
167%
GeForce RTX 4070
185%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
190%
GeForce RTX 3080
197%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
199%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
204%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
215%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
219%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
221%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
221%
GeForce RTX 3090
225%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
230%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
252%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
258%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
261%
GeForce RTX 4080
293%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
297%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
300%
GeForce RTX 4090
368%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1200 MHz
Boost Clock
1746 MHz
Memory Clock
1000 MHz
2 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
16 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
Memory Bus
4096 bit
Bandwidth
1.02 TB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
3840
TMUs
240
ROPs
64
Compute Units
60
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
4 MB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
111.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
419.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
26.82 TFLOPS (2:1)
FP32 (float)
13.41 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
6.705 TFLOPS (1:2)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
267 mm
10.5 inches
TDP
300 W
Suggested PSU
700 W
Outputs
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7

Vega 20 GPU Notes

Generation: Vega II
Codename: Moonshot
Old Codename: Aruba
Graphics/Compute: 9.4.0
Shader ISA: GFX9 (gfx906 / gfx907)
Display Core Engine: 12.1
Unified Video Decoder: 7.2
Video Compression Engine: 4.1
System DMA: 4.2.0
Platform Security Processor: 11.0.2
CLRX: GCN 1.4.1

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1
64-bit: Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q1.1

Windows 10 / 11:
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.3.1 (23.19.12)
64-bit: AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q4
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