AMD Radeon Instinct MI300X Dethrones RTX 4090 in OpenCL, But Gamers Shouldn't Worry (Yet)

AMD's Instinct MI300X takes the OpenCL performance crown from Nvidia's RTX 4090, but with a catch: it's a data center GPU. Gamers can breathe easy...
AMD Radeon Instinct MI300X Dethrones RTX 4090 in OpenCL, But Gamers Shouldn't Worry (Yet)
AMD's Radeon Instinct MI300X Flexes its Muscles, Smokes RTX 4090 in OpenCL Benchmark No surprises here! AMD's data-center monster, the Radeon Instinct MI300X, has just waltzed onto Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark and claimed the top spot, leaving even the mighty RTX 4090 in its dust. This is hardly a shock, considering the MI300X is a beast built for a whole different arena. The MI300X accelerator from AMD has taken the top spot on Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark. (Source: AMD) Remember when AMD launched this beast back in December? It was practically begging for a worthy opponent. Packing a whopping 19,456 shader units, 192GB of HBM3 memory, and a TDP that could power a small village (750 watts!), the MI300X scored a mind-blowing 379,660 on the OpenCL benchmark. To put that in perspective, the RTX 4090 managed a respectable but much lower ~320,000. But let's be real, this isn't exactly a fair fight. It's like pitting a monster truck against a sports car – they&…

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