AMD Radeon Instinct MI50 vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI50 and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

4x more core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1746 MHz vs 1190 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm

Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1746 MHz vs 1190 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI50
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

Name	AMD Radeon Instinct MI50	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8870
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3586
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
Geekbench - OpenCL		22421
PassMark - G2D Mark		585
PassMark - G3D Mark		4809

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI50	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.1	GCN 5.0
Code name	Vega 20	Vega 12
Launch date	18 November 2018	14 November 2018
Place in performance rating	not rated	368
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1746 MHz	1190 MHz
Core clock speed	1200 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	13,230 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2400 MHz