Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Ampere and one Hopper: 24 GB HBM2 against 80 GB HBM3, 3.6x the memory bandwidth on the H100, and NVLink 900 GB/s on the H100 where the A30 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 5 minutes ago- Memory
- 24 GB
- HBM2
- Memory bandwidth
- 933 GB/s
- From
- $0.29 /GPU/hr
- 8 providers
- Memory
- 80 GB
- HBM3 · 94 GB on NVL
- Memory bandwidth
- 3.35 TB/s
- 2,000 GB/s on PCIe · 3,938 GB/s on NVL
- From
- $1.50 /GPU/hr
- 53 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | A30 | H100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.29 | $1.50 | 5.2x more expensive on H100 |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.02 | |
| Reserved | $0.43 | $1.53 | 3.6x more expensive on H100 |
| Median | $0.55 | $3.39 | 6.2x more expensive on H100 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
A30 vs H100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A30 | H100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB HBM2 | 80 GB HBM3 94 GB on NVL | 3.3x more on H100 |
| Bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 3,350 GB/s 2,000 GB/s on PCIe 3,938 GB/s on NVL | 3.6x higher on H100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 1,979 TFLOPS | H100 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 165 TFLOPS | 989.5 TFLOPS | 6x higher on H100 |
| INT8 | 330 TOPS | 1,979 TOPS | 6x higher on H100 |
| FP32 | 10.3 TFLOPS | 67 TFLOPS | 6.5x higher on H100 |
| FP64 | 5.2 TFLOPS | 34 TFLOPS | 6.5x higher on H100 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 900 GB/s NVLink 600 GB/s on PCIe, NVL | NVLink on H100 only |
| Board power | 165 W | 700 W | 4.2x higher on H100 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2022 | 17 months 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: A30 datasheet and H100 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A30 /GPU/hr | H100 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.29 | On-Demand $1.98 |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.35 | On-Demand $2.73 |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $0.55 | -- |
Leafcloud
|
On-Demand $0.70 | -- |
Exoscale
|
On-Demand $0.74 | -- |
Leaseweb
|
Reserved (1mo) $0.43 | -- |
AceCloud
|
Reserved (12mo) $0.67 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.39 | -- |
Lium
|
-- | On-Demand $1.50 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $1.73 |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $1.80 |
Runcrate
|
-- | On-Demand $2.19 |
Koyeb
|
-- | On-Demand $2.50 |
Spheron
|
-- | On-Demand $2.64 |
8 providers list the A30 and 53 the H100. Every listing is on the A30 page and the H100 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A30 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia H100 on Sept. 7, 2026.