Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Ampere and one Hopper: 80 GB HBM2e against 80 GB HBM3 and 73% more memory bandwidth on the H100.
At a glance
Memory
- A100
- 80 GB
- H100
- 80 GB
Identical
Memory bandwidth
- A100
- 1.94 TB/s
- H100
- 3.35 TB/s
1.7x higher on H100
Cheapest on-demand
- A100
- $0.43 /GPU/hr
- H100
- $1.41 /GPU/hr
3.3x more expensive on H100
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | H100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.75 /GPU/hr from $0.43 | $3.34 /GPU/hr from $1.41 | 48% cheaper on A100 |
| Reserved | $1.63 /GPU/hr from $0.59 (12 mo) | $3.12 /GPU/hr from $1.53 (1 mo) | 48% cheaper on A100 |
| Spot | $1.19 /GPU/hr from $0.29 | $2.08 /GPU/hr from $0.24 | 42% 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 H100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | H100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 80 GB HBM3 94 GB on NVL | Same headline SKU |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 3,350 GB/s 2,000 GB/s on PCIe 3,938 GB/s on NVL | 1.7x higher on H100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 5,120-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 1,979 TFLOPS | H100 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 989.5 TFLOPS | 3.2x higher on H100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 1,979 TOPS | 3.2x higher on H100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 67 TFLOPS | 3.4x higher on H100 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | 34 TFLOPS | 3.5x higher on H100 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | NVLink 900 GB/s NVLink 600 GB/s on PCIe, NVL | 1.5x higher on H100 |
| Board power | 300 W | 700 W | 2.3x higher on H100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q3 2022 | 2 years newer on H100 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | |
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 H100 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A100 /GPU/hr | H100 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.43 | On-Demand $1.73 |
Lium
|
On-Demand $1.23 | On-Demand $1.41 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.54 | On-Demand $2.00 |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $1.35 | On-Demand $2.73 |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $1.00 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $1.09 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Spheron
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $1.80 |
UpCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $1.89 |
Koyeb
|
-- | On-Demand $2.50 |
Lyceum
|
-- | On-Demand $2.79 |
44 providers list the A100 and 53 the H100. Every listing is on the A100 page and the H100 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia H100 on Sept. 7, 2026.