The B200 is newer, with 2.2x the memory and 4x the bandwidth. The A100 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
2.2x more on B200
- A100
- 80 GB
- B200
- 180 GB
Memory bandwidth
4x higher on B200
- A100
- 1.94 TB/s
- B200
- 7.70 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
89% cheaper on A100
- A100
- $0.43 /GPU/hr
- B200
- $3.75 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | B200 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.86 /GPU/hr from $0.43 | $6.25 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | 70% cheaper on A100 |
| Reserved | $1.43 /GPU/hr from $0.48 (1 mo) | $5.22 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | 73% cheaper on A100 |
| Spot | $1.08 /GPU/hr from $0.22 | $4.22 /GPU/hr from $3.31 | 74% cheaper on A100 |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A100 vs B200 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | B200 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 180 GB HBM3e | 2.2x more on B200 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 7,700 GB/s | 4x higher on B200 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 9,000 TFLOPS | B200 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 4,500 TFLOPS | B200 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 2,250 TFLOPS | 7.2x higher on B200 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 4,500 TOPS | 7.2x higher on B200 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 75 TFLOPS | 3.8x higher on B200 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | 37 TFLOPS | 3.8x higher on B200 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | NVLink 1,800 GB/s | 3x higher on B200 |
| Board power | 300 W | 1,000 W | 3.3x higher on B200 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q1 2024 | 4 years newer on B200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A100 datasheet and B200 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A100 | B200 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.75 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Lium
Distributed
|
$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $11.00 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Verda
Finland
|
-- | $3.31 /GPU/hr Spot SXM |
GPUaaS
USA
|
-- | On request Custom |
47 providers list the A100 and 37 the B200. Every listing is on the A100 page and the B200 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia B200 on Sept. 14, 2026.