AMD MI250
vs
Nvidia P40
The MI250 is newer, with 5.3x the memory and 9.2x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
5.3x more on MI250
- MI250
- 128 GB
- P40
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
9.2x higher on MI250
- MI250
- 3,200 GB/s
- P40
- 346 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- MI250
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- P40
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Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
Price history
MI250 vs P40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Aggregating historical prices...
Specs comparison
| Spec | MI250 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 128 GB HBM2e | 24 GB GDDR5 | 5.3x more on MI250 |
| Bandwidth | 3,200 GB/s | 346 GB/s | 9.2x higher on MI250 |
| Bus width | 8,192-bit | 384-bit | 21x wider on MI250 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 362.1 TOPS | 47 TOPS | 7.7x higher on MI250 |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS | 7.5x 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 | 250 W | 2x higher on MI250 |
| Released | Q4 2021 | Q3 2016 | 5 years newer on MI250 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: MI250 datasheet and P40 datasheet.
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Our data for AMD MI250 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia P40 on Sept. 14, 2026.