NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB vs AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB and AMD Radeon Instinct MI50 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB

AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 18 November 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI50

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1746 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1458 MHz, 2.9 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	1746 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1458 MHz, 2.9 Gbps effective

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 170HX 8 GB	AMD Radeon Instinct MI50
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5.1
Code name	GA100	Vega 20
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	18 November 2018
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1746 MHz
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	4480
Pixel fill rate	180.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	394.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	13,230 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
OpenCL	3.0
DirectX		12.0
OpenGL		4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,493 GB/s
Memory bus width	4096 bit
Memory clock speed	1458 MHz, 2.9 Gbps effective	2000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2e