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AMD Instinct MI210 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 64: Comparison
AMD Instinct MI210 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 separate most on vram: AMD Instinct MI210 at 64 GB, AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 at 8 GB, 88% in favour of AMD Instinct MI210. Memory Bandwidth splits them by another 70%, again favouring AMD Instinct MI210. They match on gpu brand, ray tracing support and card length.
Specs
| Specification |  | AMD AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | AMD | AMD |
| Series | Instinct MI200 | Radeon RX Vega |
| Board Partner | AMD Reference (PCIe dual-slot card, data center/OEM only) | AMD Reference |
| VRAM | 64 GB | 8 GB-87% |
| Tier | Datacenter / AI Accelerator | Flagship (2017, legacy) |
| Memory Type | HBM2E | HBM2 |
| Boost Clock | 1700 MHz | 1546 MHz-9% |
| Ray Tracing Support | false | false |
| TDP | 300 W-2% | 295 W |
| Architecture | CDNA 2 (single Graphics Compute Die) | Vega (GCN 5) |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Slot Width | 2 (dual-slot, passive cooling for server airflow) | 2 |
| Memory Bus Width | 4096 bit | 2048 bit-50% |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1600 GB/s | 484 GB/s-70% |
| Launch Date | 2022-03 | 2017-08 |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Display Outputs | N/A - compute-only, no display output | 3x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0 |
Verdict
AMD Instinct MI210
7.3 / 10 Expert Rating
A practical, PCIe-slot-friendly way to get CDNA 2 compute into a standard server, useful for smaller HPC and AI deployments, but clearly the entry point of its generation next to the dual-die MI250X and now well behind the MI300 series.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
4.7 / 10 Expert Rating
Ambitious but inefficient even at launch - a legacy budget card today, mostly notable now for its HBM2 memory and mining-era history.