▲ GPU comparison

Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 4090

Nvidia RTX 4090 wins twice: it rents for 7.9x less per hour and still buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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Price

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia H100 Nvidia RTX 4090
Cheapest listed $1.99 $0.25
Cheapest in stock $1.99 · Runpod $0.25 · Clore.ai
Median across providers $2.54 $0.35
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.49
Providers 18 11
Reporting stock 9 of 18 5 of 11
One month, 730 hours $1,453 $184

Listed rates from the last hourly check. Stock is what the provider reported at that moment.

Datasheet

Specs, side by side

Memory per GPU3.3x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth3.3x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense6.0x on the Nvidia H100
FP8 dense6.0x on the Nvidia H100
Board power1.6x less on the Nvidia RTX 4090

Vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX 4090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.99 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4090 at $0.25. Nvidia RTX 4090 wins twice: it rents for 7.9x less per hour and still buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia H100: 9 of 18 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $1.99 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 4090: 5 of 11 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.25 at Clore.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $1,453 for 730 hours at its cheapest rate in stock. Nvidia RTX 4090: $184 for 730 hours at its cheapest rate in stock.