Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Grace Hopper and one Pascal: 96 GB HBM3 against 24 GB GDDR5, 12x the memory bandwidth on the GH200, and NVLink 900 GB/s on the GH200 where the P40 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- GH200
- 96 GB
- P40
- 24 GB
4x more on GH200
Memory bandwidth
- GH200
- 4,000 GB/s
- P40
- 346 GB/s
12x higher on GH200
Cheapest on-demand
- GH200
- $2.29 /GPU/hr
- P40
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GH200 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $2.52 /GPU/hr from $2.29 | No on-demand listings | |
| Spot | Sold out | No spot listings |
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
GH200 vs P40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GH200 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM3 | 24 GB GDDR5 | 4x more on GH200 |
| Bandwidth | 4,000 GB/s | 346 GB/s | 12x higher on GH200 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,979 TFLOPS | Not supported | GH200 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 989.5 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 1,979 TOPS | 47 TOPS | 42x higher on GH200 |
| FP32 | 67 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS | 5.6x higher on GH200 |
| FP64 | 34 TFLOPS | Not supported | GH200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 900 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on GH200 only |
| Released | Q2 2023 | Q3 2016 | 7 years newer on GH200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GH200 datasheet and P40 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GH200 /GPU/hr | P40 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Lambda Labs
|
On-Demand $2.29 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $2.52 | -- |
CoreWeave
|
On-Demand $6.50 | -- |
Vultr
|
Spot $1.99 | -- |
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Our data for Nvidia GH200 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia P40 on Sept. 7, 2026.