The H100 is newer, with 3.3x the memory and 3.6x the bandwidth. The A30 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
3.3x more on H100
- A30
- 24 GB
- H100
- 80 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.6x higher on H100
- A30
- 933 GB/s
- H100
- 3,350 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
77% cheaper on A30
- A30
- $0.41 /GPU/hr
- H100
- $1.80 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A30 | H100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.68 /GPU/hr from $0.41 | $3.61 /GPU/hr from $1.80 | 81% cheaper on A30 |
| Reserved | $0.54 /GPU/hr from $0.38 (12 mo) | $3.32 /GPU/hr from $1.53 (1 mo) | 84% cheaper on A30 |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.29 | $2.39 /GPU/hr from $1.29 |
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. No median for spot on the A30: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
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 that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A30 | H100 |
|---|---|---|
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.73 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Leafcloud
Netherlands
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Leaseweb
Netherlands
|
$0.45 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
AceCloud
India
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $1.98 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $2.10 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Spheron
Singapore
|
-- | $2.65 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Scaleway
France
|
-- | $3.22 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
8 providers list the A30 and 57 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. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia H100 on Sept. 14, 2026.