Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia V100

Nvidia V100 rents for 6.5x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 1.2x 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 GPU2.5x on the Nvidia H100
Memory bandwidth3.7x on the Nvidia H100
FP16 / BF16 dense7.9x on the Nvidia H100
GPU interconnect3.0x on the Nvidia H100
Board power2.3x on the Nvidia V100

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 V100
Cheapest listed $1.11 $0.17
Median across providers $2.49 $0.39
Most expensive listed $5.99 $2.34
Providers 16 5
Reporting stock 8 2
One month, 730 hours $810 $124

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H100 or the Nvidia V100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H100 starts at $1.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia V100 at $0.17. Nvidia V100 rents for 6.5x less per hour, but Nvidia H100 buys 1.2x 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 V100: 2 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H100: $810 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia V100: $124 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.