Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia RTX 5060

Nvidia RTX 5060 rents for 20.0x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 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 GPU10.0x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth7.5x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense25.8x on the Nvidia H100
FP8 dense25.8x on the Nvidia H100
Board power4.8x on the Nvidia RTX 5060

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 5060
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.06
Median across providers $2.49 $0.08
Most expensive listed $5.99 $0.11
Providers 16 2
Reporting stock 8 1
One month, 730 hours $810 $40

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia RTX 5060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5060 at $0.06. Nvidia RTX 5060 rents for 20.0x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 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 H100: 8 of 16 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $1.11 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 5060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.06 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5060: $40 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.