AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 videocard review

Radeon Instinct MI8 videocard released by AMD; release date: 12 December 2016. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Fiji.

Core clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 256.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 4096. Floating-point performance - 8,192 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 8,900 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 175 Watt.

Memory type: HBM. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 4096 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 512.0 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0
Code name	Fiji
Launch date	12 December 2016
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	4096
Texture fill rate	256.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt
Transistor count	8,900 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	HBM