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Nvidia A100 vs Nvidia H100

Nvidia A100 wins twice: it rents for 4.1x less per hour and still buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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Price

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia A100 Nvidia H100
Cheapest listed $0.48 $1.99
Cheapest in stock $0.48 · Clore.ai $1.99 · Runpod
Median across providers $1.49 $2.54
Most expensive listed $3.22 $5.99
Providers 15 18
Reporting stock 10 of 15 9 of 18
One month, 730 hours $351 $1,453

Listed rates from the last hourly check. Stock is what the provider reported at that moment.

Datasheet

Specs, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.7x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense3.2x on the Nvidia H100
GPU interconnect1.5x on the Nvidia H100
Board power2.3x less on the Nvidia A100

Vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A100 or the Nvidia H100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A100 starts at $0.48 per GPU hour and the Nvidia H100 at $1.99. Nvidia A100 wins twice: it rents for 4.1x less per hour and still buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A100: 10 of 15 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.48 at Clore.ai. Nvidia H100: 9 of 18 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $1.99 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A100: $351 for 730 hours at its cheapest rate in stock. Nvidia H100: $1,453 for 730 hours at its cheapest rate in stock.