Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 9.1x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 2.7x 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 GPU10.0x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth7.5x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense24.6x on the Nvidia H100
GPU interconnect18.0x on the Nvidia H100
Board power3.3x on the Nvidia RTX 2080

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 H100 Nvidia RTX 2080
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.12
Median across providers $2.49 $0.43
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.74
Providers 16 2
Reporting stock 8 1
One month, 730 hours $810 $89

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2080 at $0.12. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 9.1x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 2.7x 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 H100: 8 of 16 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $1.11 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.