Why choose the MI250?

128GB HBM2e across dual GCDs. FP64 performance makes it strong for scientific HPC workloads. Competitive pricing as a previous-generation AMD data center GPU.

When is the MI250 not a good fit?

Older CDNA 2 architecture with no FP8 support. ROCm maturity for AI workloads, while improving, lags behind MI300X . Limited cloud provider availability.

Are MI250 prices going up or down?

The median on-demand price has held steady around $2.10/hr per GPU across providers.

What size AI models can the MI250 run?

With 128GB of VRAM, the MI250 can usually run 70B-class models with headroom, and may handle much larger models in 4-bit quantized form depending on runtime overhead, KV cache, and context length.

How much VRAM does the MI250 have?

The MI250 has 128GB of VRAM. Multi-GPU setups increase total memory, but that memory is not automatically pooled across GPUs.

What is the MI250's memory bandwidth?

The MI250 has 3,200 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Higher bandwidth helps with faster data transfer between GPU memory and compute cores.

What data types does the MI250 support?

The MI250 supports 6 precision formats. Training: BF16, FP16, FP32. Inference: INT4, INT8. Scientific: FP64.

Does the MI250 support Infinity Fabric?

Yes. The MI250 supports Infinity Fabric with 400 GB/s of bidirectional bandwidth. This helps accelerate multi-GPU communication.

How much does the MI250 cost per hour?

MI250 pricing currently ranges from $1.30/hr to $1.62/hr per GPU, depending on the provider, instance type, and billing model.

How much does the MI250 cost per month?

At 720 hours per month, one MI250 can cost between $936.76 to $1,169.75 per month, depending on the provider. Reserved and spot pricing can lower that further.

Which cloud providers offer the MI250?

The MI250 is available from 1 cloud provider: Cirrascale.

Can I rent the MI250 in the cloud?

Yes. We currently track 4 MI250 listings across 1 cloud providers: Billing type Listings Avg $/GPU/hr Reserved 4 $1.48/hr

AMD MI250

Previous-gen AMD data center GPU for HPC and scientific computing.

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Key Specifications

Architecture

CDNA2

Memory

128GB HBM2e

Memory Bandwidth

3,200 GB/s

Release date

Q4 2021

MI250 Pricing and Availability

Pricing for the MI250 is consistent across 1 cloud provider, averaging around $1.50/hr per GPU. The range is tight, but the lowest current rate is $1.30/hr.

1 providers

How this list works

The two views

By provider shows one card per company, placed where its best offer ranked. By configuration lists every offer.

Order

What you can rent comes first: in stock, then waitlist, then not reported, then out of stock. Priced offers rank ahead of quote-only, and on-demand ahead of other billing types.

Within a group, five factors set the order, largest first:

Location: datacenter proximity, blended with provider HQ.
Price: hourly price, per GPU and in total.
Billing type: reserved ahead of spot, spot ahead of quote-only.
Specs: more VRAM, vCPUs and RAM.
Provider diversity: in By configuration, a provider's repeat rows rank slightly lower, so one company can't take all the top spots.

Search

We match the provider, GPU model, form factor, billing type, availability and instance name. Matching is partial and case-insensitive. Everyday words work too, so "interruptible" finds spot and "sold out" finds out of stock.

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Prices: Shown in USD, converted at daily reference rates where a provider publishes in another currency. A month means 720 hours. How we estimate costs.

Cirrascale

USA 4 configs 4x

Reserved from $1.30

From $1.30 / GPU / hr Reserved (12mo) Visit website


4x MI250	512GB	128	1TB	Reserved (12mo)	$1.30	$5.20	Not reported
4x MI250	512GB	128	1TB	Reserved (6mo)	$1.46	$5.85	Not reported
4x MI250	512GB	128	1TB	Reserved (3mo)	$1.54	$6.17	Not reported
4x MI250	512GB	128	1TB	Reserved (1mo)	$1.62	$6.50	Not reported

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why choose the MI250?: 128GB HBM2e across dual GCDs. FP64 performance makes it strong for scientific HPC workloads. Competitive pricing as a previous-generation AMD data center GPU.
When is the MI250 not a good fit?: Older CDNA 2 architecture with no FP8 support. ROCm maturity for AI workloads, while improving, lags behind MI300X. Limited cloud provider availability.
Are MI250 prices going up or down?: The median on-demand price has held steady around $2.10/hr per GPU across providers.
What size AI models can the MI250 run?: With 128GB of VRAM, the MI250 can usually run 70B-class models with headroom, and may handle much larger models in 4-bit quantized form depending on runtime overhead, KV cache, and context length.
How much VRAM does the MI250 have?: The MI250 has 128GB of VRAM. Multi-GPU setups increase total memory, but that memory is not automatically pooled across GPUs.
What is the MI250's memory bandwidth?: The MI250 has 3,200 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Higher bandwidth helps with faster data transfer between GPU memory and compute cores.
What data types does the MI250 support?: The MI250 supports 6 precision formats. Training: BF16, FP16, FP32. Inference: INT4, INT8. Scientific: FP64.
Does the MI250 support Infinity Fabric?: Yes. The MI250 supports Infinity Fabric with 400 GB/s of bidirectional bandwidth. This helps accelerate multi-GPU communication.
How much does the MI250 cost per hour?: MI250 pricing currently ranges from $1.30/hr to $1.62/hr per GPU, depending on the provider, instance type, and billing model.
How much does the MI250 cost per month?: At 720 hours per month, one MI250 can cost between $936.76 to $1,169.75 per month, depending on the provider. Reserved and spot pricing can lower that further.
Which cloud providers offer the MI250?: The MI250 is available from 1 cloud provider: Cirrascale.
Can I rent the MI250 in the cloud?: Yes. We currently track 4 MI250 listings across 1 cloud providers:

Billing type Listings Avg $/GPU/hr

Reserved 4 $1.48/hr

Billing type	Listings	Avg $/GPU/hr
Reserved	4	$1.48/hr

Technical Specifications


GPU Architecture	CDNA2
Lithography	TSMC 6nm FinFET
Stream Processors	13,312
Compute Units	208
Peak Engine Clock	1700 MHz
Peak FP16 Performance	362.1 TFLOPs
Peak FP32 Matrix Performance	90.5 TFLOPs
Peak FP64 Matrix Performance	90.5 TFLOPs
Peak FP32 Performance	45.3 TFLOPs
Peak FP64 Performance	45.3 TFLOPs
Peak INT4 Performance	362.1 TOPs
Peak INT8 Performance	362.1 TOPs
Peak BF16 Performance	362.1 TFLOPs