Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada rents for 2.5x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 1.1x 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 GPU1.7x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth3.5x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense2.7x on the Nvidia H100
FP8 dense2.7x on the Nvidia H100
Board power2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

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 6000 Ada
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.45
Median across providers $2.49 $0.74
Most expensive listed $5.99 $1.57
Providers 16 7
Reporting stock 8 4
One month, 730 hours $810 $329

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada at $0.45. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada rents for 2.5x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 1.1x 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 6000 Ada: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.45 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.