Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 5000

Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 rents for 3.3x 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 GPU1.7x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth2.5x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense3.8x on the Nvidia H100
FP8 dense3.8x on the Nvidia H100
Board power2.3x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000

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 5000
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.34
Median across providers $2.49 $0.67
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.82
Providers 16 3
Reporting stock 8 2
One month, 730 hours $810 $245

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 at $0.34. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 rents for 3.3x 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 5000: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 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 5000: $245 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.