Nvidia GH200 vs Nvidia RTX 5090

Nvidia RTX 5090 wins twice: it rents for 8.1x less per hour and still buys 1.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU3.0x on the Nvidia GH200
Memory bandwidth2.2x on the Nvidia GH200
FP16 / BF16 dense4.7x on the Nvidia GH200
FP8 dense4.7x on the Nvidia GH200

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 GH200 Nvidia RTX 5090
Cheapest listed $2.29 $0.28
Median across providers $3.26 $0.65
Most expensive listed $4.23 $0.70
Providers 2 5
Reporting stock 0 4
One month, 730 hours $1,672 $206

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia GH200 or the Nvidia RTX 5090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia GH200 starts at $2.29 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5090 at $0.28. Nvidia RTX 5090 wins twice: it rents for 8.1x less per hour and still buys 1.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia GH200: 0 of 2 providers report stock. Nvidia RTX 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia GH200: $1,672 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.