Nvidia B200 vs Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 30.6x less per hour, but Nvidia B200 buys 1.8x 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 GPU22.5x on the Nvidia B200
Memory bandwidth17.2x on the Nvidia B200
FP16 / BF16 dense55.8x on the Nvidia B200
GPU interconnect36.0x on the Nvidia B200
Board power4.7x on the Nvidia RTX 2080

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 B200 Nvidia RTX 2080
Cheapest listed $3.74 $0.12
Median across providers $5.31 $0.43
Most expensive listed $6.69 $0.74
Providers 7 2
Reporting stock 3 1
One month, 730 hours $2,730 $89

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia B200 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia B200 starts at $3.74 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2080 at $0.12. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 30.6x less per hour, but Nvidia B200 buys 1.8x 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 B200: 3 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $4.25 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia B200: $2,730 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.