AMD Instinct MI325X TDP — how many watts does it consume?
💡 Answer
Technical profile of AMD Instinct MI325X: CDNA 3 design, 256 GB HBM3e VRAM, 6,000 GB/s memory bandwidth, 1,307/163.4 TFLOPS FP16/FP32, 1,000W TDP, released 2024.
Each number maps to a practical concern. VRAM governs model size. Bandwidth throttles decoding speed on autoregressive models. FP16 TFLOPS dominates large-batch pre-model training. FP32 TFLOPS matters less for deep learning but is important for scientific simulation and HPC. TDP influences cooling, rack density, and ultimately cloud pricing.
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Head-to-head comparison of Vultr and DigitalOcean. Compare GPU models, hourly pricing, billing granularity, spot instances, VRAM, infrastructure, developer tools, Kubernetes support, and compliance before choosing a provider. Data refreshed April 2026.
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| Overview | ||
| Trustpilot Rating | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| Headquarters | United States | United States |
| Provider Type | Multi-Cloud | N/A |
| Best For | AI training inference video rendering HPC Stable Diffusion game development generative AI fine-tuning research | AI training inference fine-tuning LLM deployment LLM serving computer vision startups generative AI research |
| GPU Hardware | ||
| GPU Models | A16 A40 L40S A100 PCIe GH200 A100 SXM H100 SXM B200 B300 MI300X MI325X MI355X | RTX 4000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada L40S MI300X H100 SXM H200 |
| Max VRAM (GB) | 288 | 192 |
| Max GPUs/Instance | 16 | 8 |
| Interconnect | NVLink | NVLink |
| Pricing | ||
| Starting Price ($/hr) | $0.47/hr | $0.76/hr |
| Billing Granularity | Per-hour | Per-second |
| Spot/Preemptible | Yes | No |
| Reserved Discounts | N/A | N/A |
| Free Credits | Up to $300 free credit for 30 days | $200 free credit for 60 days |
| Egress Fees | Standard (varies by plan) | None (included in plan) |
| Storage | 350 GB - 61 TB NVMe (included), Block Storage at $0.10/GB/mo, S3-compatible Object Storage | 500-720 GiB NVMe boot (included), 5 TiB NVMe scratch on larger configs, Volumes at $0.10/GiB/mo |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Regions | 32 regions across 6 continents (Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa) | New York (NYC2), Toronto (TOR1), Atlanta (ATL1), Richmond (RIC1), Amsterdam (AMS3) |
| Uptime SLA | 100% | 99% |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Frameworks | PyTorch TensorFlow CUDA cuDNN ROCm Hugging Face NVIDIA NGC | PyTorch TensorFlow Jupyter Miniconda CUDA ROCm Hugging Face |
| Docker Support | Yes | Yes |
| SSH Access | Yes | Yes |
| Jupyter Notebooks | Yes | Yes |
| API / CLI | Yes | Yes |
| Setup Time | Minutes | Minutes |
| Kubernetes Support | Yes | Yes |
| Business Terms | ||
| Min Commitment | None | None |
| Compliance | SOC 2+ (HIPAA) PCI ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 ISO 20000-1 CSA STAR Level 1 | SOC 2 Type II SOC 3 HIPAA (with BAA) CSA STAR Level 1 |
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