Nvidia H200 vs Nvidia RTX 5090

Nvidia RTX 5090 rents for 1.8x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 2.7x 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 GPU4.4x on the Nvidia H200
Memory bandwidth2.7x on the Nvidia H200
FP16 / BF16 dense4.7x on the Nvidia H200
FP8 dense4.7x on the Nvidia H200
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 5090

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 H200 Nvidia RTX 5090
Cheapest listed $0.50 $0.28
Median across providers $2.67 $0.65
Most expensive listed $4.52 $0.70
Providers 10 5
Reporting stock 3 4
One month, 730 hours $365 $206

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia H200 or the Nvidia RTX 5090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia H200 starts at $0.50 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5090 at $0.28. Nvidia RTX 5090 rents for 1.8x less per hour, but Nvidia H200 buys 2.7x 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 H200: 3 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia H200: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.