AMD Radeon Instinct MI6 vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI8

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI6 and AMD Radeon Instinct MI8 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon Instinct MI6

AMD Radeon Instinct MI8

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI6

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 175 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI8

Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 256.0 GTexel / s vs 177.6 GTexel / s
Around 78% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2304
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 8,192 gflops vs 5,682 gflops

Texture fill rate	256.0 GTexel / s vs 177.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 2304
Floating-point performance	8,192 gflops vs 5,682 gflops

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI6	AMD Radeon Instinct MI8
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Fiji
Launch date	12 December 2016	12 December 2016
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1233 MHz
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	5,682 gflops	8,192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	4096
Texture fill rate	177.6 GTexel / s	256.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	8,900 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	241 mm	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB / s	512.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	HBM