AMD MI300X
vs
Nvidia A40
The MI300X is newer, with 4x the memory and 7.6x the bandwidth. The A40 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
4x more on MI300X
- MI300X
- 192 GB
- A40
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
7.6x higher on MI300X
- MI300X
- 5,300 GB/s
- A40
- 696 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
89% cheaper on A40
- MI300X
- $2.59 /GPU/hr
- A40
- $0.28 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | MI300X | A40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $4.41 /GPU/hr from $2.59 | $0.65 /GPU/hr from $0.28 | 85% cheaper on A40 |
| Reserved | $3.39 /GPU/hr from $1.61 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.61 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $1.60 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 |
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 spot on the MI300X and reserved and spot on the A40: 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
MI300X vs A40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | MI300X | A40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 192 GB HBM3 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 4x more on MI300X |
| Bandwidth | 5,300 GB/s | 696 GB/s | 7.6x higher on MI300X |
| Bus width | 8,192-bit | 384-bit | 21x wider on MI300X |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 2,614.9 TFLOPS | Not supported | MI300X only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 1,307.4 TFLOPS | 149.7 TFLOPS | 8.7x higher on MI300X |
| INT8 | 2,614.9 TOPS | 299.3 TOPS | 8.7x higher on MI300X |
| FP32 | 163.4 TFLOPS | 37.4 TFLOPS | 4.4x higher on MI300X |
| FP64 | 81.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | MI300X only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | Infinity Fabric 896 GB/s | PCIe only | Infinity Fabric on MI300X only |
| Board power | 750 W | 300 W | 2.5x higher on MI300X |
| Released | Q4 2023 | Q4 2020 | 3 years newer on MI300X |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: MI300X datasheet and A40 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | MI300X | A40 |
|---|---|---|
Denvr
Canada
|
On request Custom | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hot Aisle
USA
|
$3.39 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
DigitalOcean
USA
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Cyfuture AI
India
|
$2.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oracle Cloud
USA
|
$6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Azure
USA
|
$7.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Cirrascale
USA
|
$3.12 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Crusoe
USA
|
On request Reserved | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $2.05 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $2.42 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Database Mart
USA
|
-- | $0.61 /GPU/hr Reserved |
11 providers list the MI300X and 9 the A40. Every listing is on the MI300X page and the A40 page.
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Nvidia A100
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-
AMD MI325X
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From $2.25 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
48 GB GDDR6 · 38% more bandwidth than the A40
From $0.54 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia L40
48 GB GDDR6 · 24% more bandwidth than the A40
From $0.46 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for AMD MI300X was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia A40 on Sept. 14, 2026.