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'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&…