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AMD Instinct MI210 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti: Comparison

AMD Instinct MI210 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti separate most on memory bus width: AMD Instinct MI210 at 4096 bit, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti at 352 bit, 91% in favour of AMD Instinct MI210. VRAM splits them by another 83%, again favouring AMD Instinct MI210. They match on ray tracing support and card length.

Specs

Specification
AMD Instinct MI210
AMD Instinct MI210
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GPU BrandAMDNVIDIA
SeriesInstinct MI200GeForce GTX 10
Board PartnerAMD Reference (PCIe dual-slot card, data center/OEM only)NVIDIA Founders Edition
VRAM64 GB11 GB-83%
TierDatacenter / AI AcceleratorHigh-End
Memory TypeHBM2EGDDR5X
Boost Clock1700 MHz1582 MHz-7%
Ray Tracing Supportfalsefalse
TDP300 W-20%250 W
ArchitectureCDNA 2 (single Graphics Compute Die)Pascal
Card Length267 mm267 mm
Slot Width2 (dual-slot, passive cooling for server airflow)2
Memory Bus Width4096 bit352 bit-91%
PCIe InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Display OutputsN/A - compute-only, no display output3x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DVI-D

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 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

5 / 10 Expert Rating

Aged remarkably well for pure rasterization, but firmly a legacy budget-tier used buy now that RT and upscaling are mainstream expectations.

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