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H200 SXM vs Instinct MI300X
Cloud rental price, compute per dollar and specs, side by side.
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H200 SXM$2.10lowest on-demand per GPU·h
$2.12 per PFLOP·h · 22 providers
Instinct MI300X$1.71lowest on-demand per GPU·h
$1.31 per PFLOP·h · 10 providersWhat actually differs
- The Instinct MI300X has 1.3× more dense FP16/BF16 throughput than the H200 SXM (0.989 PF vs 1.31 PF).
- The Instinct MI300X has 1.1× more memory bandwidth than the H200 SXM (4,800 vs 5,300 GB/s), which usually limits LLM token generation. Memory: 141 GB vs 192 GB.
- The Instinct MI300X is 19% cheaper per hour than the H200 SXM at the lowest on-demand prices ($2.10 vs $1.71).
- Per unit of compute, the Instinct MI300X is the better deal: $1.31 vs $2.12 per PFLOP-hour of dense FP16/BF16.
| Spec / price | H200 SXM | Instinct MI300X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | 141 GB HBM3e | 192 GB HBM3better |
| Memory bandwidth | 4,800 GB/s | 5,300 GB/sbetter |
| FP16 / BF16 (dense) | 0.989 PF | 1.31 PFbetter |
| FP8 (dense) | 1.98 PF | 2.61 PFbetter |
| FP4 (dense) | — | — |
| INT8 (dense) | 1.98 PF | 2.61 PFbetter |
| TF32 (dense) | 0.495 PF | 0.654 PFbetter |
| FP32 (dense) | 0.067 PF | 0.163 PFbetter |
| FP64 (dense) | 0.067 PF | 0.163 PFbetter |
| Power | 700 W | 750 W |
| Architecture | Hopper (2024) | CDNA 3 (2023) |
| Lowest on-demand | $2.10 | $1.71better |
| Median on-demand | $3.99 | $2.99better |
| Lowest spot | $0.79better | $1.11 |
| FP16/BF16 $ per PFLOP·h | $2.12 | $1.31better |
| Providers | 22 | 10 |
H200 SXM vs Instinct MI300X: questions
Is the H200 SXM faster than the Instinct MI300X?
The Instinct MI300X has 1.3× more dense FP16/BF16 compute than the H200 SXM. The Instinct MI300X has 1.1× more memory bandwidth than the H200 SXM. Real-world speedups depend on the workload: training and prefill scale with compute, while LLM decoding scales mostly with memory bandwidth.
Which is cheaper per FLOP, the H200 SXM or the Instinct MI300X?
Right now the Instinct MI300X is cheaper per unit of compute: $1.31 vs $2.12 per PFLOP-hour at the lowest on-demand prices.
How much does it cost to rent an H200 SXM vs an Instinct MI300X for a month?
Running one GPU around the clock at the lowest on-demand price costs about $1,533 per month for the H200 SXM and $1,248 for the Instinct MI300X.
Which has more memory, the H200 SXM or the Instinct MI300X?
The Instinct MI300X has more memory: 192 GB vs 141 GB.