AMD MI250
vs
Nvidia A100
The MI250 is newer, with 60% more memory and 65% more bandwidth. 1 provider lists it, against 48 for the A100.
At a glance
Memory
60% more on MI250
- MI250
- 128 GB
- A100
- 80 GB
Memory bandwidth
65% higher on MI250
- MI250
- 3.20 TB/s
- A100
- 1.94 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
MI250 is not sold on demand
- MI250
- --
- A100
- $0.34 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | MI250 | A100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | No on-demand listings | $1.81 /GPU/hr from $0.34 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $1.30 (12 mo) | $1.49 /GPU/hr from $0.40 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.99 /GPU/hr from $0.18 |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for reserved on the MI250: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
MI250 vs A100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | MI250 | A100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 128 GB HBM2e | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 60% more on MI250 |
| Bandwidth | 3,200 GB/s | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 65% higher on MI250 |
| Bus width | 8,192-bit | 5,120-bit | 60% wider on MI250 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 312 TFLOPS | 16% higher on MI250 |
| INT8 | 362.1 TOPS | 624 TOPS | 72% higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 19.5 TFLOPS | 4.6x higher on MI250 |
| FP64 | 45.3 TFLOPS | 9.7 TFLOPS | 4.7x higher on MI250 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | Infinity Fabric 400 GB/s | NVLink 600 GB/s | 50% higher on A100 |
| Board power | 500 W | 300 W | 67% higher on MI250 |
| Released | Q4 2021 | Q2 2020 | 2 years newer on MI250 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: MI250 datasheet and A100 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | MI250 | A100 |
|---|---|---|
Cirrascale
USA
|
$1.30 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
-- | $1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
1 provider list the MI250 and 48 the A100. Every listing is on the MI250 page and the A100 page.
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Nvidia H100
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Nvidia RTX 4090
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Our data for AMD MI250 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia A100 on Sept. 14, 2026.