Nvidia A16 vs Nvidia H200

Nvidia A16 rents for 4.6x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 12.0x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU8.8x on the Nvidia H200
Memory bandwidth24.0x on the Nvidia H200
FP16 / BF16 dense55.3x on the Nvidia H200

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia A16 Nvidia H200
Cheapest listed $0.11 $0.50
Median across providers $0.31 $2.67
Most expensive listed $0.51 $4.52
Providers 2 10
Reporting stock 2 3
One month, 730 hours $79 $365

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A16 or the Nvidia H200 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A16 starts at $0.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia H200 at $0.50. Nvidia A16 rents for 4.6x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 12.0x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A16: 2 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.11 at Vast.ai. Nvidia H200: 3 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A16: $79 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia H200: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.