Nvidia H200 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 5000

Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 rents for 1.5x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 2.6x 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 GPU2.9x on the Nvidia H200
Memory bandwidth3.6x on the Nvidia H200
FP16 / BF16 dense3.8x on the Nvidia H200
FP8 dense3.8x on the Nvidia H200
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 H200 Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
Cheapest listed $0.50 $0.34
Median across providers $2.67 $0.67
Most expensive listed $4.52 $0.82
Providers 10 3
Reporting stock 3 2
One month, 730 hours $365 $245

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H200 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H200 starts at $0.50 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 at $0.34. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 rents for 1.5x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 2.6x 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 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 H200: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000: $245 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.