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AMD Instinct MI210 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D: Comparison
AMD Instinct MI210 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D separate most on tdp: AMD Instinct MI210 at 300 W, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D at 600 W, 100% in favour of AMD Instinct MI210. Memory Bus Width splits them by another 88%, again favouring AMD Instinct MI210.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Series | Instinct MI200 | GeForce RTX 50 |
| Board Partner | AMD Reference (PCIe dual-slot card, data center/OEM only) | NVIDIA Reference (China-market AIB partners: ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Colorful, Galax) |
| VRAM | 64 GB | 32 GB-50% |
| Tier | Datacenter / AI Accelerator | Flagship |
| Memory Type | HBM2E | GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock | 1700 MHz-16% | 2017 MHz |
| Ray Tracing Support | false | true |
| TDP | 300 W | 600 W-100% |
| Architecture | CDNA 2 (single Graphics Compute Die) | Blackwell |
| Process Node | TSMC 6nm | TSMC 4N |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 304 mm-14% |
| Slot Width | 2 (dual-slot, passive cooling for server airflow) | 3.5 |
| Memory Bus Width | 4096 bit | 512 bit-87% |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1600 GB/s | 1568 GB/s-2% |
| Launch Date | 2022-03 | 2025-01 |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Display Outputs | N/A - compute-only, no display output | 3x DisplayPort 2.1b, 1x HDMI 2.1b |
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 5090 D
8.9 / 10 Expert Rating
A very fast card held back only by a few percent of artificially capped performance; still the fastest GeForce card available in its home market.