Nvidia A4000 vs Nvidia H100

Nvidia A4000 rents for 9.3x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 1.4x 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 GPU5.0x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth7.5x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense12.9x on the Nvidia H100
Board power5.0x on the Nvidia A4000

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 A4000 Nvidia H100
Cheapest listed $0.12 $1.11
Median across providers $0.16 $2.49
Most expensive listed $0.80 $5.99
Providers 4 16
Reporting stock 2 8
One month, 730 hours $88 $810

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A4000 or the Nvidia H100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A4000 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia H100 at $1.11. Nvidia A4000 rents for 9.3x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 1.4x 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 A4000: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.17 at Runpod. Nvidia H100: 8 of 16 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $1.11 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A4000: $88 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.