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AMD Instinct MI210 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB: Comparison
AMD Instinct MI210 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB separate most on memory bus width: AMD Instinct MI210 at 4096 bit, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB at 384 bit, 91% in favour of AMD Instinct MI210. VRAM splits them by another 81%, again favouring AMD Instinct MI210.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Series | Instinct MI200 | GeForce RTX 30 |
| Board Partner | AMD Reference (PCIe dual-slot card, data center/OEM only) | NVIDIA Founders Edition, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Zotac, EVGA (legacy) |
| VRAM | 64 GB | 12 GB-81% |
| Tier | Datacenter / AI Accelerator | High-End |
| Memory Type | HBM2E | GDDR6X |
| Boost Clock | 1700 MHz-1% | 1710 MHz |
| Ray Tracing Support | false | true |
| TDP | 300 W | 350 W-17% |
| Architecture | CDNA 2 (single Graphics Compute Die) | Ampere |
| Process Node | TSMC 6nm | Samsung 8nm |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 313 mm-17% |
| Slot Width | 2 (dual-slot, passive cooling for server airflow) | 2.7 |
| Memory Bus Width | 4096 bit | 384 bit-91% |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1600 GB/s | 912 GB/s-43% |
| Launch Date | 2022-03 | 2022-01 |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Display Outputs | N/A - compute-only, no display output | 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1 |
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 RTX 3080 12 GB
8.2 / 10 Expert Rating
A genuinely better RTX 3080 - the extra VRAM and bandwidth make it the version to look for on the secondhand market over the original 10GB card.