The H100 has 3.3x the memory and 11x the bandwidth. The L4 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
3.3x more on H100
- H100
- 80 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
11x higher on H100
- H100
- 3,350 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
82% cheaper on L4
- H100
- $1.80 /GPU/hr
- L4
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | H100 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $3.50 /GPU/hr from $1.80 | $0.81 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | 77% cheaper on L4 |
| Reserved | $3.29 /GPU/hr from $1.53 (1 mo) | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | 84% cheaper on L4 |
| Spot | $2.39 /GPU/hr from $1.29 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.29 |
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 L4: 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
H100 vs L4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | H100 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM3 94 GB on NVL | 24 GB GDDR6 | 3.3x more on H100 |
| Bandwidth | 3,350 GB/s 2,000 GB/s on PCIe 3,938 GB/s on NVL | 300 GB/s | 11x higher on H100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 192-bit | 27x wider on H100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,979 TFLOPS | 242 TFLOPS | 8.2x higher on H100 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 989.5 TFLOPS | 121 TFLOPS | 8.2x higher on H100 |
| INT8 | 1,979 TOPS | 242 TOPS | 8.2x higher on H100 |
| FP32 | 67 TFLOPS | 30.3 TFLOPS | 2.2x higher on H100 |
| FP64 | 34 TFLOPS | Not supported | H100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 900 GB/s NVLink 600 GB/s on PCIe, NVL | PCIe only | NVLink on H100 only |
| Board power | 700 W | 72 W | 9.7x higher on H100 |
| Released | Q3 2022 | Q1 2023 | 6 months newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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: H100 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 | H100 | L4 |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$1.98 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$2.10 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$2.64 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$2.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$3.25 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Scaleway
France
|
-- | $0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hexabyte
Sweden
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Leaseweb
Netherlands
|
-- | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Koyeb
France
|
-- | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand |
57 providers list the H100 and 20 the L4. Every listing is on the H100 page and the L4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia H100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 14, 2026.