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AMD Instinct MI210 vs NVIDIA Quadro GV100: Comparison
AMD Instinct MI210 and NVIDIA Quadro GV100 separate most on vram: AMD Instinct MI210 at 64 GB, NVIDIA Quadro GV100 at 32 GB, 50% in favour of AMD Instinct MI210. TDP splits them by another 20%, this time favouring NVIDIA Quadro GV100. They match on ray tracing support, card length and memory bus width.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Series | Instinct MI200 | Quadro GV (Volta) |
| Board Partner | AMD Reference (PCIe dual-slot card, data center/OEM only) | PNY / NVIDIA Reference |
| VRAM | 64 GB | 32 GB-50% |
| Tier | Datacenter / AI Accelerator | Flagship |
| Memory Type | HBM2E | HBM2 |
| Boost Clock | 1700 MHz | 1627 MHz-4% |
| Ray Tracing Support | false | false |
| TDP | 300 W-20% | 250 W |
| Architecture | CDNA 2 (single Graphics Compute Die) | Volta |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Slot Width | 2 (dual-slot, passive cooling for server airflow) | 2 |
| Memory Bus Width | 4096 bit | 4096 bit |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Display Outputs | N/A - compute-only, no display output | 4x DisplayPort 1.4 |
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 Quadro GV100
6.2 / 10 Expert Rating
A memory-bandwidth specialist for scientific and simulation workloads; overkill and overpriced for anything else, including gaming or general rendering.