Nvidia RTX A6000 vs Nvidia H200

Nvidia RTX A6000 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 4.1x 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 GPU2.9x on the Nvidia H200
Memory bandwidth6.3x on the Nvidia H200
FP16 / BF16 dense6.4x on the Nvidia H200
GPU interconnect8.0x on the Nvidia H200
Board power2.3x on the Nvidia RTX A6000

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 RTX A6000 Nvidia H200
Cheapest listed $0.32 $0.50
Median across providers $0.57 $2.67
Most expensive listed $1.93 $4.52
Providers 7 10
Reporting stock 4 3
One month, 730 hours $234 $365

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX A6000 or the Nvidia H200 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX A6000 starts at $0.32 per GPU hour and the Nvidia H200 at $0.50. Nvidia RTX A6000 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 4.1x 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 RTX A6000: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.32 at Lium. Nvidia H200: 3 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX A6000: $234 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia H200: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.