Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Hopper and one Ada Lovelace: 80 GB HBM3 against 24 GB GDDR6, 11x the memory bandwidth on the H100, and NVLink 900 GB/s on the H100 where the L4 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- H100
- 80 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
3.3x more on H100
Memory bandwidth
- H100
- 3,350 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
11x higher on H100
Cheapest on-demand
- H100
- $1.10 /GPU/hr
- L4
- $0.34 /GPU/hr
3.3x more expensive on H100
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | H100 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $3.39 /GPU/hr from $1.10 | $0.90 /GPU/hr from $0.34 | 3.8x more expensive on H100 |
| Reserved | $3.12 /GPU/hr from $1.53 (1 mo) | $0.53 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | 5.9x more expensive on H100 |
| Spot | $2.08 /GPU/hr from $0.19 | $0.48 /GPU/hr from $0.32 | 4.3x more expensive on H100 |
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 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 listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | H100 /GPU/hr | L4 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $1.73 | On-Demand $0.34 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $1.98 | On-Demand $0.44 |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $2.19 | On-Demand $1.05 |
Lium
|
On-Demand $1.10 | -- |
HyperAI
|
On-Demand $1.80 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $2.20 | -- |
Koyeb
|
On-Demand $2.50 | -- |
Spheron
|
On-Demand $2.65 | -- |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.49 |
UpCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.69 |
Scaleway
|
-- | On-Demand $0.91 |
Sesterce
|
-- | On-Demand $1.04 |
Hexabyte
|
-- | On-Demand $0.42 |
53 providers list the H100 and 19 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. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 7, 2026.