The H20 is newer, with 20% more memory and 19% more bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
20% more on H20
- H100
- 80 GB
- H20
- 96 GB
Memory bandwidth
19% higher on H20
- H100
- 3.35 TB/s
- H20
- 4.00 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- H100
- $1.30 /GPU/hr
- H20
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | H100 | H20 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $3.44 /GPU/hr from $1.30 | No on-demand listings | |
| Reserved | $3.09 /GPU/hr from $1.53 (1 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $2.23 /GPU/hr from $0.67 | 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
H100 vs H20 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | H100 | H20 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM3 94 GB on NVL | 96 GB HBM3 | 20% more on H20 |
| Bandwidth | 3,350 GB/s 2,000 GB/s on PCIe 3,938 GB/s on NVL | 4,000 GB/s | 19% higher on H20 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 900 GB/s NVLink 600 GB/s on PCIe, NVL | PCIe only | NVLink on H100 only |
| Board power | 700 W | 400 W | 75% higher on H100 |
| Released | Q3 2022 | Q1 2024 | 15 months newer on H20 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Source: H100 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 | H100 | H20 |
|---|---|---|
Lium
Distributed
|
$1.30 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$1.98 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Hyperstack
UK
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$2.65 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$2.69 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
56 providers list the H100 and 0 the H20. Every listing is on the H100 page and the H20 page.
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Nvidia RTX 5090
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 52% less bandwidth than the H20
From $0.40 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · 78% less bandwidth than the H20
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Our data for Nvidia H100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia H20 on Sept. 14, 2026.