Instinct MI250X

H100 equivalents

0.19

Cost per chip

$10K

TDP

500 W

Instinct MI250X is an AI chip designed by AMD, released in November 2021. One unit is worth about 0.19 H100-equivalents of AI compute.

It reaches 3.8×10¹⁴ FLOP/s at 16-bit precision and 3.8×10¹⁴ OP/s at 8-bit. It carries 119 GB of memory. Epoch AI estimates its cost at roughly $10K per unit.

Timeline

Compute sold (H100e): 5.9K (2024-03-31) → 8.7K (2025-12-31)

Full record

Designer: AMD
Release date: Nov 8, 2021
H100 equivalents: 0.19
16-bit throughput: 3.8×10¹⁴ FLOP/s
8-bit throughput: 3.8×10¹⁴ OP/s
Memory: 119 GB
Memory bandwidth: 3 TB
TDP: 500 W
Approximate cost: $10K