Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Hopper and one Ada Lovelace: 141 GB HBM3e against 24 GB GDDR6, 16x the memory bandwidth on the H200, and NVLink 900 GB/s on the H200 where the L4 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- H200
- 141 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
5.9x more on H200
Memory bandwidth
- H200
- 4,800 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
16x higher on H200
Cheapest on-demand
- H200
- $2.09 /GPU/hr
- L4
- $0.32 /GPU/hr
6.5x more expensive on H200
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | H200 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $4.35 /GPU/hr from $2.09 | $0.90 /GPU/hr from $0.32 | 4.8x more expensive on H200 |
| Reserved | $3.79 /GPU/hr from $2.29 (1 mo) | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | 7.3x more expensive on H200 |
| Spot | $2.99 /GPU/hr from $1.32 | $0.53 /GPU/hr from $0.14 | 5.6x more expensive on H200 |
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
H200 vs L4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | H200 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 141 GB HBM3e | 24 GB GDDR6 | 5.9x more on H200 |
| Bandwidth | 4,800 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 16x higher on H200 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,979 TFLOPS | 242 TFLOPS | 8.2x higher on H200 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 989.5 TFLOPS | 121 TFLOPS | 8.2x higher on H200 |
| INT8 | 1,979 TOPS | 242 TOPS | 8.2x higher on H200 |
| FP32 | 67 TFLOPS | 30.3 TFLOPS | 2.2x higher on H200 |
| FP64 | 34 TFLOPS | Not supported | H200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 900 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on H200 only |
| Board power | 700 W | 72 W | 9.7x higher on H200 |
| Released | Q4 2023 | Q1 2023 | 8 months newer on H200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: H200 datasheet and L4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | H200 /GPU/hr | L4 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $3.60 | On-Demand $0.32 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $3.29 | On-Demand $0.33 |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $3.59 | On-Demand $0.49 |
Lium
|
On-Demand $2.75 | -- |
Koyeb
|
On-Demand $3.00 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $3.62 | -- |
Verda
|
On-Demand $4.20 | -- |
Lyceum
|
On-Demand $4.29 | -- |
UpCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.69 |
Scaleway
|
-- | On-Demand $0.91 |
Sesterce
|
-- | On-Demand $1.04 |
Runcrate
|
-- | On-Demand $1.05 |
Hexabyte
|
-- | On-Demand $0.42 |
46 providers list the H200 and 19 the L4. Every listing is on the H200 page and the L4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia H200 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 7, 2026.