Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 3060

Both cards cost about the same per TFLOP of FP16, so pick on memory and availability, not price.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU6.7x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth9.3x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense38.8x on the Nvidia H100
Board power4.1x on the Nvidia RTX 3060

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 3060
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.03
Median across providers $2.49 $0.04
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.06
Providers 16 2
Reporting stock 8 1
One month, 730 hours $810 $21

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX 3060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3060 at $0.03. Both cards cost about the same per TFLOP of FP16, so pick on memory and availability, not price.

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 3060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.