AMD MI250
vs
Nvidia RTX 5090
The MI250 has 4x the memory and 79% more bandwidth. 1 provider lists it, against 21 for the RTX 5090.
At a glance
Memory
4x more on MI250
- MI250
- 128 GB
- RTX 5090
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
79% higher on MI250
- MI250
- 3.20 TB/s
- RTX 5090
- 1.79 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
MI250 is not sold on demand
- MI250
- --
- RTX 5090
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | MI250 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | No on-demand listings | $0.65 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $1.30 (12 mo) | $0.59 /GPU/hr from $0.21 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.43 /GPU/hr from $0.25 |
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 RTX 5090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | MI250 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 128 GB HBM2e | 32 GB GDDR7 | 4x more on MI250 |
| Bandwidth | 3,200 GB/s | 1,792 GB/s | 79% higher on MI250 |
| Bus width | 8,192-bit | 512-bit | 16x wider on MI250 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 1,676 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 419 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 209.5 TFLOPS | 73% higher on MI250 |
| INT8 | 362.1 TOPS | 838 TOPS | 2.3x higher on RTX 5090 |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS | 16% higher on RTX 5090 |
| 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 | 575 W | 15% higher on RTX 5090 |
| Released | Q4 2021 | Q1 2025 | 3 years newer on RTX 5090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: MI250 datasheet and RTX 5090 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 | RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
Cirrascale
USA
|
$1.30 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPUhub
Singapore
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Nova Cloud
Canada
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.75 /GPU/hr On-demand |
1 provider list the MI250 and 21 the RTX 5090. Every listing is on the MI250 page and the RTX 5090 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 40% less bandwidth than the MI250
From $0.37 /GPU/hr Compare
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AMD MI300X
192 GB HBM3 · 66% more bandwidth than the MI250
From $2.59 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia V100
32 GB HBM2 · 72% less bandwidth than the MI250
From $0.09 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
96 GB GDDR7 · workstation card
From $0.65 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 44% less bandwidth than the RTX 5090
From $0.33 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for AMD MI250 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5090 on Sept. 14, 2026.