AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU vs NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU and NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1306 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4654 vs 2068
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 190

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 18 May 2016
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1306 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4654 vs 2068
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 190

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 1704 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 1704 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4654

2068

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

338

190

Name	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU	NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	4654	2068
PassMark - G2D Mark	338	190
Geekbench - OpenCL	23264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1762.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	617.099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1724

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU	NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell
Code name	Vega 10	GM107
Launch date	27 June 2017	18 May 2016
Place in performance rating	671	674
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz	1306 MHz
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	1033 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	1,870 million
Floating-point performance		1,672 gflops
Pipelines		640
Texture fill rate		52.24 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz	5200 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		83.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5