Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti

Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti rents for 6.9x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 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 GPU3.3x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth3.3x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense12.4x on the Nvidia H100
Board power1.6x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti

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 H100 Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.16
Median across providers $2.49 $0.22
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.27
Providers 16 2
Reporting stock 8 1
One month, 730 hours $810 $117

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti at $0.16. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti rents for 6.9x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 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 H100: 8 of 16 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $1.11 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.