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AMD Instinct MI100 vs AMD Radeon PRO W5500M: Comparison
AMD Instinct MI100 and AMD Radeon PRO W5500M separate most on memory bus width: AMD Instinct MI100 at 4,096 bit, AMD Radeon PRO W5500M at 128 bit, 97% in favor of AMD Instinct MI100. Memory Bandwidth splits them by another 81%, again favoring AMD Instinct MI100. They match on gpu brand, board partner and pcie generation.
Which is better, AMD Instinct MI100 or AMD Radeon PRO W5500M?
On paper, AMD Instinct MI100 has the edge on memory bus width, at 4,096 bit vs AMD Radeon PRO W5500M at 128 bit.
What is the main difference between AMD Instinct MI100 and AMD Radeon PRO W5500M?
The AMD Instinct MI100 is the stronger choice on paper: it has 8x the VRAM capacity (32 GB vs 4 GB), which matters at 1440p and 4K with high texture settings. It also has 5.4x the memory bandwidth (1,200 GB/s vs 224 GB/s), which feeds the GPU faster at high resolutions.
Specs and benchmarks
GPU Brand
- AMD Instinct MI100
- AMD
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- AMD
Product Type
- AMD Instinct MI100
- Datacenter Accelerator
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- Laptop GPU
Series
- AMD Instinct MI100
- Instinct
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- Radeon PRO
Board Partner
- AMD Instinct MI100
- Reference
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- Reference
Tier
- AMD Instinct MI100
- Datacenter
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- Workstation
Memory Type
- AMD Instinct MI100
- HBM2
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- GDDR6Best
Architecture
- AMD Instinct MI100
- CDNA
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- Legacy
Shader Units
- AMD Instinct MI100
- 7680
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- 1408
Compute Blocks
- AMD Instinct MI100
- 120
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- 22
VRAM Capacity
- AMD Instinct MI100
- 32 GBBest
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- 4 GB
Memory Bus Width
- AMD Instinct MI100
- 4096 bitBest
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- 128 bit-97%
Memory Bandwidth
- AMD Instinct MI100
- 1200 GB/sBest
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- 224 GB/s-81%
PCIe Generation
- AMD Instinct MI100
- PCIe 4.0
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- PCIe 4.0
PCIe Lanes
- AMD Instinct MI100
- 16
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- 8-50%
ECC Memory
- AMD Instinct MI100
- Yes
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- No
Form Factor
- AMD Instinct MI100
- PCIe Add-in Card
- AMD Radeon PRO W5500M
- Laptops
Which one should you pick?
Choose AMD Instinct MI100 if you want the higher memory bus width (4096 bit vs 128 bit), the higher memory bandwidth (1200 GB/s vs 224 GB/s) and the higher PCIe lanes (16 vs 8).
Choose AMD Radeon PRO W5500M if you already have it on hand or find it at a lower price.