AMD MI355X
vs
Nvidia A5000
A data center GPU against a workstation card, one CDNA 4 and one Ampere: 288 GB HBM3e against 24 GB GDDR6 and 10x the memory bandwidth on the MI355X.
At a glance
Memory
- MI355X
- 288 GB
- A5000
- 24 GB
12x more on MI355X
Memory bandwidth
- MI355X
- 8,000 GB/s
- A5000
- 768 GB/s
10x higher on MI355X
Cheapest on-demand
- MI355X
- $8.60 /GPU/hr
- A5000
- $0.25 /GPU/hr
34x more expensive on MI355X
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | MI355X | A5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $8.60 | $1.31 /GPU/hr from $0.25 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.35 /GPU/hr from $0.25 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $4.50 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 |
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 on-demand and spot on the MI355X and spot on the A5000: 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
MI355X vs A5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | MI355X | A5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 288 GB HBM3e | 24 GB GDDR6 | 12x more on MI355X |
| Bandwidth | 8,000 GB/s | 768 GB/s | 10x higher on MI355X |
| Bus width | 8,192-bit | 384-bit | 21x wider on MI355X |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | 10,066.3 TFLOPS | Not supported | MI355X only |
| FP8 | 5,033.2 TFLOPS | Not supported | MI355X only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 2,516.6 TFLOPS | 111.1 TFLOPS | 23x higher on MI355X |
| INT8 | 5,033.2 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 157.3 TFLOPS | 27.8 TFLOPS | 5.7x higher on MI355X |
| FP64 | 78.6 TFLOPS | Not supported | MI355X only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | Infinity Fabric 1,075 GB/s | NVLink 112 GB/s | 9.6x higher on MI355X |
| Board power | 1,400 W | 230 W | 6.1x higher on MI355X |
| Released | Q2 2025 | Q2 2021 | 4 years newer on MI355X |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16FP32FP64INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: MI355X datasheet and A5000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | MI355X /GPU/hr | A5000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Oracle Cloud
|
On-Demand $8.60 | -- |
DigitalOcean
|
Spot $4.50 | -- |
TensorWave
|
Custom $2.95 | -- |
Vultr
|
Spot $2.59 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.25 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.27 |
Runcrate
|
-- | On-Demand $1.56 |
Sesterce
|
-- | On-Demand $1.56 |
Exoscale
|
-- | On-Demand $1.14 |
Paperspace
|
-- | On-Demand $1.38 |
Database Mart
|
-- | Reserved (24mo) $0.25 |
Utho
|
-- | Reserved (36mo) $0.29 |
4 providers list the MI355X and 12 the A5000. Every listing is on the MI355X page and the A5000 page.
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Our data for AMD MI355X was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia A5000 on Sept. 7, 2026.