AMD Instinct MI455X
AMD's next-generation accelerator, built on CDNA 5 with 432 GB of HBM4 and deployed in the Helios rack of 72 GPUs and 18 EPYC CPUs. AMD says Helios begins shipping to customers in the second half of 2026.
MI455X
CDNA 5 · Helios rack
- Memory
- 432 GB HBM4
- Bandwidth
- 23.3 TB/s
- Rack
- 72 GPUs · 18 CPUs
What has been announced
As published by AMD, checked 24 September 2026.
- Form
- Accelerator module, 4 GPUs per compute tray; Helios rack of 72 GPUs and 18 EPYC CPUs
- Cooling
- Direct liquid cooling
- GPU memory
- 432 GB HBM4 per GPU; 31 TB per Helios rack
- Memory bandwidth
- 23.3 TB/s per GPU
- FP4 compute
- 40.3 PFLOPS MXFP4 per GPU (dense); up to 2.9 EFLOPS per Helios rack
- Interconnect
- UALink over Ethernet for scale-up at 3.6 TB/s per GPU; Ethernet scale-out at 600 GB/s per GPU
- Power
- Not published; AMD shares power data with qualified customers under NDA
- Status
- Launched July 2026; Helios shipments begin in the second half of 2026
Configuration and site considerations
The MI455X arrives as a liquid-cooled Helios rack, with delivery timing still ahead.
- Plan for direct liquid cooling at rack scale.
- AMD shares power data under NDA; confirm the site's power plan with the system builder.
- Confirm the delivery schedule; shipments begin in the second half of 2026.
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