Nvidia B200 vs Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada

Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada wins twice: it rents for 13.9x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU5.6x on the Nvidia B200
Memory bandwidth13.4x on the Nvidia B200
FP16 / BF16 dense8.6x on the Nvidia B200
FP8 dense8.6x on the Nvidia B200
Board power4.0x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada

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 B200 Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Cheapest listed $3.74 $0.27
Median across providers $5.31 $0.34
Most expensive listed $6.69 $0.49
Providers 7 3
Reporting stock 3 2
One month, 730 hours $2,730 $197

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia B200 or the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia B200 starts at $3.74 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada at $0.27. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada wins twice: it rents for 13.9x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia B200: 3 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $4.25 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia B200: $2,730 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: $197 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.