AMD MI325X
vs
Nvidia L40S
Two data center GPUs, one CDNA 3 and one Ada Lovelace: 256 GB HBM3e against 48 GB GDDR6, 6.9x the memory bandwidth on the MI325X, and Infinity Fabric 896 GB/s on the MI325X where the L40S is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 7 minutes ago- Memory
- 256 GB
- HBM3e
- Memory bandwidth
- 6.00 TB/s
- From
- $2.25 /GPU/hr
- 5 providers
- Memory
- 48 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 864 GB/s
- From
- $0.55 /GPU/hr
- 33 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | MI325X | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $2.25 | $0.55 | 4.1x more expensive on MI325X |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.74 | |
| Reserved | $1.48 | $0.60 | 2.5x more expensive on MI325X |
| Median | $3.07 | $1.66 | 46% cheaper on L40S |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
MI325X vs L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | MI325X | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 256 GB HBM3e | 48 GB GDDR6 | 5.3x more on MI325X |
| Bandwidth | 6,000 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 6.9x higher on MI325X |
| Bus width | 8,192-bit | 384-bit | 21x wider on MI325X |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 2,614.9 TFLOPS | 733 TFLOPS | 3.6x higher on MI325X |
| FP16 / BF16 | 1,307.4 TFLOPS | 362.1 TFLOPS | 3.6x higher on MI325X |
| INT8 | 2,614.9 TOPS | 733 TOPS | 3.6x higher on MI325X |
| FP32 | 163.4 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS | 1.8x higher on MI325X |
| FP64 | 81.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | MI325X only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | Infinity Fabric 896 GB/s | PCIe only | Infinity Fabric on MI325X only |
| Board power | 1,000 W | 350 W | 2.9x higher on MI325X |
| Released | Q4 2024 | Q3 2023 | 14 months newer on MI325X |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: MI325X datasheet and L40S datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | MI325X /GPU/hr | L40S /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Bentaus
|
On-Demand $2.25 | -- |
Cyfuture AI
|
On-Demand $3.02 | -- |
DigitalOcean
|
On-Demand $3.80 | -- |
TensorWave
|
Custom $2.25 | -- |
Vultr
|
Spot $2.00 | -- |
Novita
|
-- | On-Demand $0.55 |
Packet·ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.92 |
Runcrate
|
-- | On-Demand $0.97 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $1.09 |
UpCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $1.19 |
Koyeb
|
-- | On-Demand $1.20 |
Crusoe
|
-- | On-Demand $1.50 |
Scaleway
|
-- | On-Demand $1.70 |
5 providers list the MI325X and 33 the L40S. Every listing is on the MI325X page and the L40S page.
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Our data for AMD MI325X was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 7, 2026.