A40 vs AMD MI300X: cloud rental cost compared
You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. A40 from $0.075/GPU/hr across 2 providers; AMD MI300X from $2.99/GPU/hr across 1 provider. The A40 is 97% cheaper at the entry rate.
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A40 vs AMD MI300X: common questions
Is the A40 or the AMD MI300X cheaper to rent?
On Aquanode's live marketplace the A40 starts at $0.075/GPU/hr (median $0.440/GPU/hr across 2 providers) and the AMD MI300X starts at $2.99/GPU/hr (median $2.99/GPU/hr across 1 provider). The A40 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 97%.
What is the difference between the A40 and the AMD MI300X?
The A40 has 48 GB of VRAM against the AMD MI300X's 192 GB; the A40 is an Ampere part and the AMD MI300X is CDNA3; only the AMD MI300X supports FP8 compute. On price, the A40 lists from $0.075/GPU/hr and the AMD MI300X from $2.99/GPU/hr.
Which cloud providers offer the A40 and the AMD MI300X?
2 providers list the A40 (Vultr and RunPod) and 1 list the AMD MI300X (Hot Aisle), across 2 and 1 region respectively. No single provider currently lists both models.
How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the A40 vs the AMD MI300X?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $75 on the A40 and $2,990 on the AMD MI300X, a difference of $2,915 for the same runtime. Rates are per GPU per hour and update hourly.
How this comparison is calculated
Every price is normalized to a per-GPU hourly rate using the same pipeline as every other pricing surface on Aquanode, and only the cheapest qualifying offer per provider is shown. A dash means that provider does not currently list that GPU.
Architecture, compute capability and supported precisions come from each vendor's published datasheet for that generation, not from the marketplace feed. This page regenerates at most once per hour.
