Both have 80 GB of memory and about the same bandwidth, released 34 months apart.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- A100
- 80 GB
- H800
- 80 GB
Memory bandwidth
Within 5%
- A100
- 1.94 TB/s
- H800
- 2.00 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- A100
- $0.66 /GPU/hr
- H800
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | H800 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr from $0.66 | No on-demand listings | |
| Reserved | $1.63 /GPU/hr from $0.65 (1 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.97 /GPU/hr from $0.27 | No spot listings |
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 H800 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | H800 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 80 GB HBM2e | Same headline SKU |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 2,000 GB/s | Within 5% |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 5,120-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 1,513 TFLOPS | H800 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 756.5 TFLOPS | 2.4x higher on H800 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 1,513 TOPS | 2.4x higher on H800 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 51 TFLOPS | 2.6x higher on H800 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | NVLink 400 GB/s | 50% higher on A100 |
| Board power | 300 W | 350 W | 17% higher on H800 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q1 2023 | 3 years newer on H800 |
| 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 .
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | A100 | H800 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.39 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$1.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
42 providers list the A100 and 0 the H800. Every listing is on the A100 page and the H800 page.
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Nvidia RTX 4090
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Nvidia H200
141 GB HBM3e · 2.4x the bandwidth of the H800
From $2.09 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia H800 on Sept. 14, 2026.