AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 vs NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 and NVIDIA GRID K120Q 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 850 MHz
28.2x more texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 4096 vs 192
37.6x better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 2 July 2014
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 192
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1704 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 1704 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Name	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6958
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1634
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1846
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1846
Geekbench - OpenCL	68507
PassMark - G3D Mark		293
PassMark - G2D Mark		278

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Kepler
Code name	Vega 10	GK107
Launch date	27 June 2017	2 July 2014
Place in performance rating	579	576
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$125
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	192
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	1,270 million
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
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	482.8 GB / s	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	DDR3