Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia H200

Nvidia A5000 rents for 3.1x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 2.9x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU5.9x on the Nvidia H200
Memory bandwidth6.3x on the Nvidia H200
FP16 / BF16 dense8.9x on the Nvidia H200
GPU interconnect8.0x on the Nvidia H200
Board power3.0x on the Nvidia A5000

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

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia A5000 Nvidia H200
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.50
Median across providers $0.30 $2.67
Most expensive listed $1.42 $4.52
Providers 4 10
Reporting stock 2 3
One month, 730 hours $117 $365

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia H200 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia H200 at $0.50. Nvidia A5000 rents for 3.1x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 2.9x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A5000: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 at Runpod. Nvidia H200: 3 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia H200: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.