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AMD Instinct MI300X vs NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU

Side-by-side specs

Straight from each vendor's datasheet. Winner in bold: higher throughput, memory, or transistor count; lower power draw or price. Sparse (2:4) throughput roughly doubles the FP8/INT8 numbers shown.

FieldAMD Instinct MI300XNVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU
Process nodeTSMC N5 + N6 (chiplet)TSMC N7
Transistors (B)15354
Die size826 mm²
TDP750 W400 W
Memory192 GB HBM380 GB HBM2e
Memory bandwidth5,300 GB/s2,039 GB/s
FP16 (dense)1,307 TFLOPS312 TFLOPS
BF16 (dense)1,307 TFLOPS312 TFLOPS
FP8 (dense)2,614 TFLOPS
INT8 (dense)2,614 TOPS624 TOPS
Launch price (list)$15,000$10,000
Form factorOAMSXM4
Announced2023-12-062020-05-14
Released2024-01-012020-05-14

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Common questions

AMD Instinct MI300X vs NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: which is faster for training?

AMD Instinct MI300X has 8.38x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (AMD Instinct MI300X: 2,614 TFLOPS; NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: 312 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.

AMD Instinct MI300X vs NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: which has more memory?

AMD Instinct MI300X carries more HBM (AMD Instinct MI300X: 192 GB HBM3; NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: 80 GB HBM2e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.

AMD Instinct MI300X vs NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: which is cheaper?

Launch list price: AMD Instinct MI300X $15,000; NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU $10,000. NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU lists lower. Street prices vary with supply and generation age.

AMD Instinct MI300X vs NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU: which is more power-efficient?

Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: AMD Instinct MI300X 3.49 (2,614 ÷ 750 W); NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU 0.78 (312 ÷ 400 W). AMD Instinct MI300X wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.

See also: every chip comparison · AMD Instinct MI300X full page · NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU full page.