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Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 5090

Nvidia RTX 5090 wins twice: it rents for 5.1x less per hour and still buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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Price

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia H100 Nvidia RTX 5090
Cheapest listed $1.99 $0.39
Cheapest in stock $1.99 · Runpod $0.39 · Clore.ai
Median across providers $2.54 $0.65
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.82
Providers 18 11
Reporting stock 9 of 18 5 of 11
One month, 730 hours $1,453 $287

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

Datasheet

Specs, side by side

Memory per GPU2.5x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth1.9x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense4.7x on the Nvidia H100
FP8 dense4.7x on the Nvidia H100
Board power1.2x less on the Nvidia RTX 5090

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 5090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.99 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5090 at $0.39. Nvidia RTX 5090 wins twice: it rents for 5.1x less per hour and still buys 1.1x 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 5090: 5 of 11 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.39 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 5090: $287 for 730 hours at its cheapest rate in stock.