Watch out Nvidia: AMD launches a new single-slot GPU for data centers – and it looks like an absolute beast

Watch out Nvidia: AMD launches a new single-slot GPU for data centers – and it looks like an absolute beast

AMD has announced the Radeon PRO V710, a new GPU designed for access via Microsoft Azure, the exclusive cloud partner, as part of the company’s family of visual cloud GPUs.

The V710 is available today in private preview, but anyone hoping to use it for a home PC setup will be disappointed, as the V710 features a single-slot design and passive cooling.

AMD built the V710 on the Navi 32 architecture, and there are 54 Compute Units, alongside 28GB of VRAM, 448 GB/s memory transfer rate, and 54MB of L3 AMD Infinity Cache tech. The company says the V710 is ideal for small to medium machine learning inference workloads and small model training via its open-source AMD ROCm software, which seeks to compete with Nvidia’s CUDA.

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AMD V710 config options
Instance Config vCPU Memory GPU GPU Memory Temp Disk Size Max Bandwidth
NV28adms_V710_v5 28 160 GB 1x V710 24 GB 1536 GB 20000 Mbps
NV24ads_V710_v5 24 128 GB 1x V710 24 GB 1536 GB 20000 Mbps
NV12ads_V710_v5 12 64 GB 1/2 V710 12 GB 768 GB 10000 Mbps
NV8ads_V710_v5 8 32 GB 1/3 V710 8 GB 512 GB 6600 Mbps
NV4ads_V710_v5 4 16 GB 1/6 V710 4 GB 256 GB 3300 Mbps

The best data center GPU?

“With support for hardware virtualization implemented in compliance with the PCI Express SR-IOV standard, instances based on the Radeon PRO V710 can provide robust isolation between multiple virtual machines running on the same physical GPU and between the host and guest environments,” says AMD. “The efficient RDNA 3 architecture provides excellent performance per watt, enabling a single slot, passively cooled form factor compliant with the PCIe CEM spec.”

As Intel has fallen away, AMD has really cornered the market for data centre-level GPUs, and it shows.

Compared to AMD’s RX 7700 XT, the V710 has twice as much memory, higher memory bandwidth, and a 500 MHz lower GPU clock. The company says that changes in the design locked it to 158 watts, or 35% less power compared to the GPU’s gaming variant.

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