Nvidia H200 vs Nvidia RTX 3080

Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 18.0x less per hour and still buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU14.1x on the Nvidia H200
Memory bandwidth6.3x on the Nvidia H200
FP16 / BF16 dense16.6x on the Nvidia H200
Board power2.2x on the Nvidia RTX 3080

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 H200 Nvidia RTX 3080
Cheapest listed $0.50 $0.03
Median across providers $2.67 $0.09
Most expensive listed $4.52 $0.17
Providers 10 3
Reporting stock 3 2
One month, 730 hours $365 $20

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H200 or the Nvidia RTX 3080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H200 starts at $0.50 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3080 at $0.03. Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 18.0x less per hour and still buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia H200: 3 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 3080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H200: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3080: $20 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.