Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 4500

Nvidia RTX PRO 4500 rents for 4.1x 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 bandwidth3.7x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense4.9x on the Nvidia H100
FP8 dense4.9x on the Nvidia H100
Board power3.5x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500

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 PRO 4500
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.27
Median across providers $2.49 $0.34
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.40
Providers 16 3
Reporting stock 8 2
One month, 730 hours $810 $196

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500 at $0.27. Nvidia RTX PRO 4500 rents for 4.1x 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 PRO 4500: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 4500: $196 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.