GPU Comparison

NVIDIA A100 PCIe vs AMD MI250X.

Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA A100 PCIe is the cheaper option at $0.98/hr.

TL;DR

Choose NVIDIA A100 PCIe if you want the Ampere architecture or PCIe form factor.

Choose AMD MI250X if you need 128GB+ on a single GPU (48GB more than NVIDIA A100 PCIe).

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Ampere

NVIDIA A100 PCIe

$0.98/hrCheaper

$0.85-$1.10/hr range · 8 regions

VRAM80GB HBM2e
FP1678 TFLOPS
Bandwidth1.9 TB/s
Deploy NVIDIA A100 PCIeFull pricing details
AMD

CDNA 2

AMD MI250X

$1.35/hr

$1.20-$1.50/hr range · 4 regions

VRAM128GB HBM2e
FP1695.7 TFLOPS
Bandwidth3.3 TB/s
Deploy AMD MI250XFull pricing details

At a glance

Spec by spec.

Visual comparison across the four specs that matter most for AI workloads. Green bar marks the winner.

VRAM

NVIDIA A100 PCIe
80 GB
AMD MI250X
128 GB

Memory Bandwidth

NVIDIA A100 PCIe
1.9 TB/s
AMD MI250X
3.3 TB/s

FP16 Performance

NVIDIA A100 PCIe
78 TFLOPS
AMD MI250X
95.7 TFLOPS

Hourly Price

NVIDIA A100 PCIe
$0.98/hr
AMD MI250X
$1.35/hr

Full specs

Complete spec sheet.

SpecNVIDIA A100 PCIeAMD MI250X
ArchitectureAmpereCDNA 2
VRAM80 GB128 GB
Memory TypeHBM2eHBM2e
Memory Bandwidth1.9 TB/s3.3 TB/s
FP32 Performance19.5 TFLOPS47.9 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance78 TFLOPS95.7 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance624 TOPS383 TOPS
TDP300 W560 W
Form FactorPCIeOAM
NVLinkNoNo
Max GPU/Node48
Hourly Price$0.98/hr$1.35/hr

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