The P100 has 2x the memory and 3.8x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on P100
- P100
- 16 GB
- P4
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.8x higher on P100
- P100
- 732 GB/s
- P4
- 192 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
85% cheaper on P100
- P100
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- P4
- $0.65 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | P100 | P4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.39 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.65 | |
| Reserved | $1.04 /GPU/hr from $0.22 (24 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.34 (36 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.11 |
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 P100 and on-demand, reserved and spot on the P4: 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
P100 vs P4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | P100 | P4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB HBM2 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 2x more on P100 |
| Bandwidth | 732 GB/s | 192 GB/s | 3.8x higher on P100 |
| Bus width | 4,096-bit | 256-bit | 16x wider on P100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 18.7 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | Not supported | 22 TOPS | P4 only |
| FP32 | 9.3 TFLOPS | 5.5 TFLOPS | 69% higher on P100 |
| FP64 | 4.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | P100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 160 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on P100 only |
| Board power | 250 W | 75 W | 3.3x higher on P100 |
| Released | Q2 2016 | Q3 2016 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32FP64 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
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: P100 datasheet and P4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | P100 | P4 |
|---|---|---|
Google Cloud
USA
|
$1.51 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Scaleway
France
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oracle Cloud
USA
|
$1.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Alibaba Cloud
China
|
$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.22 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
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32 GB HBM2 · 23% more bandwidth than the P100
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Nvidia T4
16 GB GDDR6 · 59% less bandwidth than the P100
From $0.10 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia L4
24 GB GDDR6 · 56% more bandwidth than the P4
From $0.27 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia P100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia P4 on Sept. 14, 2026.