AMD logo AMD MI250 vs Nvidia logo Nvidia A4000

A data center GPU against a workstation card, one CDNA2 and one Ampere: 128 GB HBM2e against 16 GB GDDR6, 7.1x the memory bandwidth on the MI250, and Infinity Fabric 400 GB/s on the MI250 where the A4000 is PCIe only.

At a glance

Memory

MI250
128 GB
A4000
16 GB

8x more on MI250

Memory bandwidth

MI250
3,200 GB/s
A4000
448 GB/s

7.1x higher on MI250

Cheapest on-demand

MI250
--
A4000
$0.09 /GPU/hr

MI250 is not sold on demand

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing MI250 A4000 Difference
On-demand No on-demand listings $0.21 /GPU/hr from $0.09
Reserved -- /GPU/hr from $1.30 (12 mo) $0.25 /GPU/hr from $0.11

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 A4000 price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months
Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec MI250 A4000 Difference
Memory
Capacity 128 GB HBM2e 16 GB GDDR6 8x more on MI250
Bandwidth 3,200 GB/s 448 GB/s 7.1x higher on MI250
Bus width 8,192-bit 256-bit 32x wider on MI250
Compute · dense
FP16 / BF16 362.1 TFLOPS 76.7 TFLOPS 4.7x higher on MI250
INT8 362.1 TOPS
FP32 90.5 TFLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 4.7x higher on MI250
FP64 45.3 TFLOPS Not supported MI250 only
Platform
Interconnect Infinity Fabric 400 GB/s PCIe only Infinity Fabric on MI250 only
Board power 500 W 140 W 3.6x higher on MI250
Released Q4 2021 Q2 2021 7 months newer on MI250
Precision
Supported formats FP16BF16FP32FP64INT4INT8 FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8

Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.

Source: MI250 datasheet and A4000 datasheet.

Where to rent them

Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.

Provider MI250 /GPU/hr A4000 /GPU/hr
Cirrascale logo Cirrascale Reserved (12mo) $1.30 --
Vast.ai logo Vast.ai -- On-Demand $0.09
Runcrate logo Runcrate -- On-Demand $0.17
EmpirioLabs AI logo EmpirioLabs AI -- On-Demand $0.25
Sesterce logo Sesterce -- On-Demand $0.88
Hyperstack logo Hyperstack -- On-Demand $0.15
TensorDock logo TensorDock -- On-Demand $0.21
Paperspace logo Paperspace -- On-Demand $0.76
Database Mart logo Database Mart -- Reserved (24mo) $0.17

1 provider list the MI250 and 12 the A4000. Every listing is on the MI250 page and the A4000 page.

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Our data for AMD MI250 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia A4000 on Sept. 7, 2026.