The B200 is newer, with 7.5x the memory and 26x the bandwidth. The L4 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
7.5x more on B200
- B200
- 180 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
26x higher on B200
- B200
- 7,700 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
91% cheaper on L4
- B200
- $3.75 /GPU/hr
- L4
- $0.32 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | B200 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $6.97 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | $0.90 /GPU/hr from $0.32 | 87% cheaper on L4 |
| Reserved | $5.10 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | 90% cheaper on L4 |
| Spot | $4.82 /GPU/hr from $3.59 | $0.53 /GPU/hr from $0.20 | 89% cheaper on L4 |
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
B200 vs L4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | B200 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 180 GB HBM3e | 24 GB GDDR6 | 7.5x more on B200 |
| Bandwidth | 7,700 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 26x higher on B200 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | 9,000 TFLOPS | Not supported | B200 only |
| FP8 | 4,500 TFLOPS | 242 TFLOPS | 19x higher on B200 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 2,250 TFLOPS | 121 TFLOPS | 19x higher on B200 |
| INT8 | 4,500 TOPS | 242 TOPS | 19x higher on B200 |
| FP32 | 75 TFLOPS | 30.3 TFLOPS | 2.5x higher on B200 |
| FP64 | 37 TFLOPS | Not supported | B200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 1,800 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on B200 only |
| Board power | 1,000 W | 72 W | 14x higher on B200 |
| Released | Q1 2024 | Q1 2023 | 12 months newer on B200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: B200 datasheet and L4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | B200 | L4 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$8.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$8.13 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$3.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$9.36 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$11.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPUaaS
USA
|
On request Custom | -- |
UpCloud
Finland
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Scaleway
France
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $1.04 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Hexabyte
Sweden
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand |
36 providers list the B200 and 19 the L4. Every listing is on the B200 page and the L4 page.
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Nvidia H200
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Nvidia T4
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Our data for Nvidia B200 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 14, 2026.