Nvidia GH200 vs Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 18.7x less per hour, but Nvidia GH200 buys 1.3x 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 GPU12.0x on the Nvidia GH200
Memory bandwidth8.9x on the Nvidia GH200
FP16 / BF16 dense24.6x on the Nvidia GH200
GPU interconnect18.0x on the Nvidia GH200

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 GH200 Nvidia RTX 2080
Cheapest listed $2.29 $0.12
Median across providers $3.26 $0.43
Most expensive listed $4.23 $0.74
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 0 1
One month, 730 hours $1,672 $89

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia GH200 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia GH200 starts at $2.29 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2080 at $0.12. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 18.7x less per hour, but Nvidia GH200 buys 1.3x 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 GH200: 0 of 2 providers report stock. 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 GH200: $1,672 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.