The H200 is newer, with 8.8x the memory and 24x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
8.8x more on H200
- A16
- 16 GB
- H200
- 141 GB
Memory bandwidth
24x higher on H200
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- H200
- 4,800 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- A16
- --
- H200
- $2.09 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | H200 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | Sold out | $4.78 /GPU/hr from $2.09 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $3.62 /GPU/hr from $2.25 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $3.79 /GPU/hr from $2.29 |
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 H200 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | H200 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 141 GB HBM3e | 8.8x more on H200 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 4,800 GB/s | 24x higher on H200 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 1,979 TFLOPS | H200 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 989.5 TFLOPS | 55x higher on H200 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 1,979 TOPS | 55x higher on H200 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 67 TFLOPS | 15x higher on H200 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 34 TFLOPS | H200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 900 GB/s | NVLink on H200 only |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2023 | 3 years newer on H200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and H200 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 | H200 |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Jarvislabs
India
|
-- | $3.99 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $4.24 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Daytona
USA
|
-- | $4.54 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $4.90 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $5.29 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Spheron
Singapore
|
-- | $5.51 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $9.80 /GPU/hr On-demand |
1 provider list the A16 and 50 the H200. Every listing is on the A16 page and the H200 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia H200 on Sept. 14, 2026.