H200 vs B200
H200 starts at $2.60/GPU-hour on-demand; B200 starts at $3.49/GPU-hour on-demand. Compare the exact variants, memory and published specifications below. Peak compute figures do not establish application speed.
25.5% cheaper at H200.
updated 2026-10-06. Price alone does not establish equivalent capacity or performance.
H200
B200
Spec sheet
| H200 | B200 | |
|---|---|---|
| Spec variant | H200 (SXM) | B200 |
| Architecture | Hopper | Blackwell |
| VRAM (spec variant) | 141 GB | 180 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 989 | 2250 |
| Memory bandwidth | 4800 GB/s | 8000 GB/s |
| TDP | 700 W | 1000 W |
| Interconnect | NVLink 900GB/s | NVLink 1800GB/s |
| Launched | 2023 | 2024 |
Rental price per manufacturer-rated FP16 compute: H200 $2.63 per PFLOP-hour vs B200 $1.55. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). This uses H200 (SXM) and B200, whose datasheets may differ from the variants above. It is not measured job throughput. Specs: H200 manufacturer, B200 manufacturer.
What they cost to rent (2026-10-06)
| H200 | B200 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $2.60 | $3.49 |
| Cheapest spot/community $/hr | $2.61 | $3.20 |
| Cheapest source | GMI Cloud | Prime Intellect |
| Providers offering it | 25 | 21 |
Lowest recorded on-demand rate per configuration; highlighted = cheaper. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
FAQ
H200 is cheaper: the H200 rents from $2.60 per GPU-hour and the B200 from $3.49 on-demand, updated 2026-10-06.
The largest recorded H200 variant has 143 GB and the largest B200 variant has 180 GB. Other variants may have less memory. The B200 has more.
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