Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 3090

Nvidia RTX 3090 wins twice: it rents for 16.4x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU3.3x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth3.6x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense13.9x on the Nvidia H100
GPU interconnect8.0x on the Nvidia H100
Board power2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 3090

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 3090
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.07
Median across providers $2.49 $0.16
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.22
Providers 16 3
Reporting stock 8 3
One month, 730 hours $810 $49

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX 3090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3090 at $0.07. Nvidia RTX 3090 wins twice: it rents for 16.4x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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 3090: 3 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3090: $49 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.