The B200 is newer, with 11x the memory and 38x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
11x more on B200
- A16
- 16 GB
- B200
- 180 GB
Memory bandwidth
38x higher on B200
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- B200
- 7,700 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- A16
- --
- B200
- $3.75 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | B200 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | Sold out | $7.12 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $6.71 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $4.25 /GPU/hr from $4.18 |
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
A16 vs B200 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | B200 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 180 GB HBM3e | 11x more on B200 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 7,700 GB/s | 38x higher on B200 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 9,000 TFLOPS | B200 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 4,500 TFLOPS | B200 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 2,250 TFLOPS | 126x higher on B200 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 4,500 TOPS | 125x higher on B200 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 75 TFLOPS | 17x higher on B200 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 37 TFLOPS | B200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 1,800 GB/s | NVLink on B200 only |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2024 | 3 years newer on B200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and B200 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 | A16 | B200 |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
-- | $3.75 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $5.89 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
UpCloud
Finland
|
-- | $6.05 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $7.99 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $7.99 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Verda
Finland
|
-- | $8.35 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Lyceum
Germany
|
-- | $8.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Spheron
Singapore
|
-- | $11.12 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
1 provider list the A16 and 38 the B200. Every listing is on the A16 page and the B200 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia B200 on Sept. 14, 2026.