Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 5090

Nvidia RTX 5090 rents for 3.9x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 1.2x 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 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 on the Nvidia RTX 5090

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 5090
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.28
Median across providers $2.49 $0.65
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.70
Providers 16 5
Reporting stock 8 4
One month, 730 hours $810 $206

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX 5090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5090 at $0.28. Nvidia RTX 5090 rents for 3.9x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 1.2x 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 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.