Nvidia H200 vs Nvidia RTX 5070

Nvidia RTX 5070 rents for 5.6x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 2.9x 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 GPU11.8x on the Nvidia H200
Memory bandwidth7.1x on the Nvidia H200
FP16 / BF16 dense16.0x on the Nvidia H200
FP8 dense16.0x on the Nvidia H200
Board power2.8x on the Nvidia RTX 5070

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 5070
Cheapest listed $0.50 $0.09
Median across providers $2.67 $0.11
Most expensive listed $4.52 $0.14
Providers 10 2
Reporting stock 3 1
One month, 730 hours $365 $66

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H200 or the Nvidia RTX 5070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H200 starts at $0.50 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5070 at $0.09. Nvidia RTX 5070 rents for 5.6x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 2.9x 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 H200: 3 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 5070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.14 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H200: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5070: $66 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.