AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 16GB datacenter
Built on a legacy "Vega" architecture, this 16GB HBM2 datacenter card delivers raw compute throughput via its PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface. Its passive cooling and full-length, 368mm dual-slot design demand high-airflow server chassis, making it a strictly enterprise-focused component. This accelerator is best suited for homelab enthusiasts experimenting with ROCm-based machine learning inference on a budget, not for any gaming or workstation visualization tasks.
GPU Radeon Instinct MI25
VRAM 16GB
Class datacenter
17 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ai (65th percentile) 65th
Cons
- Below average rt (4th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (4th percentile)
- Below average raster (4th percentile)
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon Instinct MI25 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Class | datacenter |
Memory
| VRAM | 16 GB |
Compute
| Base Clock | 250 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 30 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 3840x2160 |
Physical
| Length | 368 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.4 kg / 3.2 lbs |
vs Competition
| Spec | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon Instinct MI25 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 16GB | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | - | 2407 | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | - | 575 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | - | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | datacenter | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 65.2 | 3.9 | 63.2 | 4.3 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 21.3 | 32.1 | 51.6 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.1 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 24.6 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85.2 | 95.2 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 88.8 | 14 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 88.8 | 21.1 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.2 | 97.5 | 88.7 | 94.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.8 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.2 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.2 | 91.7 | 83.9 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 52.7 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 17.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall16.9
- AI/LLM41.4
- Budget15.7
- Gaming 4k5.4
- Ray Tracing3.8
- Workstation34.5
- Gaming 1080p2
- Gaming 1440p3.4
- Content Creation9.4
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