Radeon Instinct MI8 vs Radeon R9 Nano

Radeon Instinct MI8
Memory: 4096Mb HBMPRO
Release date: UNRELEASED
Radeon Instinct MI8
Radeon R9 Nano
Memory: 4096Mb HBMDESKTOP
Release date: 27 Aug 2015
Radeon R9 Nano

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon Instinct MI8

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 Nano

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon Instinct MI8Radeon R9 Nano
GPU NameFiji (Fiji XT)vsFiji (Fiji XT CA)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size596 mm²vs596 mm²
Transistors8,900 millionvs8,900 million
Shaders4096vs4096
Compute Units64vs64
Core clock1050 Mhzvs1000 MHz
ROPs64vs64
TMUs256vs256

Memory Configuration

Radeon Instinct MI8Radeon R9 Nano
Memory TypeHBMvsHBM
Bus Width4096 bitvs4096 bit
Memory Speed500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
vs500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon Instinct MI8Radeon R9 Nano
TDP175 wattsvs175 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs27 Aug 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon Instinct MI8
    67.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    64.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon Instinct MI8
    269.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    256.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon Instinct MI8
    512.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    512.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon Instinct MI8
    8602.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    8192.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better