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AMD Instinct MI210 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition: Comparison
AMD Instinct MI210 and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition separate most on vram: AMD Instinct MI210 at 64 GB, AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition at 16 GB, 75% in favor of AMD Instinct MI210. Memory Bandwidth splits them by another 70%, again favoring AMD Instinct MI210. They match on gpu brand and card length.
Which is better, AMD Instinct MI210 or AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition?
On paper, AMD Instinct MI210 has the edge on vram, at 64 GB vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition at 16 GB.
What is the main difference between AMD Instinct MI210 and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition?
The AMD Instinct MI210 is the stronger choice on paper: it has 4x the VRAM (64 GB vs 16 GB), which matters at 1440p and 4K with high texture settings. It also has 3.3x the memory bandwidth (1,600 GB/s vs 483 GB/s), which feeds the GPU faster at high resolutions.
Specs and benchmarks
GPU Brand
- AMD Instinct MI210
- AMD
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- AMD
Series
- AMD Instinct MI210
- Instinct MI200
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- Radeon PRO Series
Board Partner
- AMD Instinct MI210
- AMD Reference (PCIe dual-slot card, data center/OEM only)
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- AMD (Reference)
VRAM
- AMD Instinct MI210
- 64 GBBest
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- 16 GB-75%
Memory Type
- AMD Instinct MI210
- HBM2E
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- HBM2
Boost Clock
- AMD Instinct MI210
- 1700 MHzBest
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- 1600 MHz-6%
TDP
- AMD Instinct MI210
- 300 WBest
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- 375 W-25%
Architecture
- AMD Instinct MI210
- CDNA 2 (single Graphics Compute Die)
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- Vega
Card Length
- AMD Instinct MI210
- 267 mm
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- 267 mm
Compute Blocks
- AMD Instinct MI210
- 104
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- 64
Memory Bus Width
- AMD Instinct MI210
- 4096 bitBest
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- 2048 bit-50%
Memory Bandwidth
- AMD Instinct MI210
- 1600 GB/sBest
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- 483 GB/s-70%
PCIe Generation
- AMD Instinct MI210
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- PCIe 3.0 x16
Launch Date
- AMD Instinct MI210
- 2022-03
- AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
- June 2017
Which one should you pick?
Choose AMD Instinct MI210 if you want the higher VRAM (64 GB vs 16 GB), the higher boost clock (1700 MHz vs 1600 MHz) and the lower TDP (300 W vs 375 W).
Choose AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition if you already have it on hand or find it at a lower price.
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.