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AMD Instinct MI210 vs NVIDIA A100 PCIe: Comparison
AMD Instinct MI210 and NVIDIA A100 PCIe separate most on vram: AMD Instinct MI210 at 64 GB, NVIDIA A100 PCIe at 80 GB, 20% in favour of NVIDIA A100 PCIe. Memory Bus Width splits them by another 20%, again favouring NVIDIA A100 PCIe. They match on 6 other specifications, including tier, memory type and ray tracing support.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Series | Instinct MI200 | Ampere A-Series |
| Board Partner | AMD Reference (PCIe dual-slot card, data center/OEM only) | NVIDIA Reference (OEM/hyperscaler servers) |
| VRAM | 64 GB-20% | 80 GB |
| Tier | Datacenter / AI Accelerator | Datacenter / AI Accelerator |
| Memory Type | HBM2E | HBM2E |
| Boost Clock | 1700 MHz | 1410 MHz-17% |
| Ray Tracing Support | false | false |
| TDP | 300 W | 300 W |
| Architecture | CDNA 2 (single Graphics Compute Die) | Ampere (GA100) |
| Process Node | TSMC 6nm | TSMC 7N |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Slot Width | 2 (dual-slot, passive cooling for server airflow) | 2 |
| Memory Bus Width | 4096 bit-20% | 5120 bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1600 GB/s-17% | 1935 GB/s |
| Launch Date | 2022-03 | 2021-06 (80GB PCIe variant; 40GB variant launched 2020-05) |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Display Outputs | N/A - compute-only, no display output | None - headless compute card |
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.
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
8.4 / 10 Expert Rating
A mature, still-capable workhorse for AI and HPC workloads that don't need Hopper-class throughput - the value pick among NVIDIA's serious datacenter accelerators.