DeepSeek R1 — H200 vs MI355X Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of H200 (NVIDIA Hopper) versus MI355X (AMD CDNA 4) on DeepSeek R1. Owning-hyperscaler TCO normalized by output tokens — performance per dollar across LLM workloads. Pick the more cost-efficient SKU at every target interactivity level. Use the chart controls below to switch sequences, precisions, and metrics — same interactions as the main inference chart.
Push DeepSeek R1 to 59 tok/s/user and H200 lands at $0.93 per million tokens against MI355X's $0.44 — MI355X pulls ahead by 109%.
H200: $2.66 per million tokens. MI355X: $0.90. Both at 98 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1, with MI355X 194% cheaper.
Toward the upper edge of the 21–174 tok/s/user interactivity band — at 136 tok/s/user — H200 runs $9.94 per million tokens on DeepSeek R1 while MI355X runs $1.88. MI355X is the cheaper choice by 429%. (Numbers reflect the default 1k/1k · fp8 selection for this URL — table and chart below update if you change sequence, precision, or model in the controls.)
GPU pricing (owning hyperscaler): H200 $1.41/GPU/hr · MI355X $1.48/GPU/hr. Source: SemiAnalysis Market August 2025 Pricing Surveys & AI Cloud TCO Model.
| Metric | Interactivity (tok/s/user) | Interactivity (tok/s/user) | Interactivity (tok/s/user) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar per Million Tokens | H200:$0.929MI355X:$0.444 | H200:$2.663MI355X:$0.905 | H200:$9.940MI355X:$1.881 |
| Concurrency | H200:~133MI355X:~199 | H200:~6MI355X:~18 | H200:~14MI355X:~6 |
Inference Performance
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