Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 21:35 UTCH200 vs B200
Specifications, today's prices from 92 providers, price per unit of memory and compute, and who rents each cheapest. Better values are highlighted; lower is better for prices.
Side by sideSpecs, prices, value
Highlighted cells are the better of the two: more memory and compute, lower prices, lower cost per unit.
| H200 | B200 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 141 GB | 180 GB | -22% |
| Memory bandwidth | 4.80 TB/s | 8.00 TB/s | -40% |
| FP16 tensor | 989 TFLOPS | 2,250 TFLOPS | -56% |
| FP32 | 67 TFLOPS | 75 TFLOPS | -11% |
| Power | 700 W | 1000 W | -30% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $2.09 | $3.75 | -44% |
| Median on-demand | $4.76 | $7.50 | -37% |
| Highest on-demand | $13.67 | $17.60 | -22% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.93 | $2.49 | -63% |
| Cheapest reserved | $1.67 | $3.32 | -50% |
| Current offers (n) | 110 | 77 | +43% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 54 | 38 | +42% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.015 | $0.021 | -29% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.034 | $0.042 | -19% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | $4.813 | $3.333 | +44% |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.992 | $0.938 | +6% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | +4.8% | +10.3% | — |
| 90-day median change | +15.7% | +30.4% | — |
90 days · median on-demand price · rebased to 100How the two have moved
Both medians indexed to 100 ninety days ago, so the slopes compare even though the price levels differ.
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
BeamTrust 761× $2.09 - 2
GPUBankTrust 931× $2.49 - 3
Airon AI8× $2.63
- 1
packet.ai1× $3.75 - 2BeamTrust 761× $4.11
- 3
UpCloudTrust 751× $4.11
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the H200 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $4.76 against $7.50, 37% less.
- you want choice: 54 providers have a fresh offer today against 38.
Choose the B200 if…
- your model needs more than 141 GB per GPU: 180 GB against 141 GB.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.938 per TB/s-hour against $0.992).
Questions about H200 vs B200
Which is cheaper to rent, the H200 or the B200?
Today the cheapest current on-demand H200 is $2.09 per GPU-hour and the cheapest B200 is $3.75; medians are $4.76 and $7.50. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the H200 and B200 have?
141 GB of HBM3 on the H200, 180 GB of HBM3 on the B200, at 4.80 and 8.00 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 187 current offers read on providers' own pages, in our dated study or in the market report over the last 45 days (reference 21:35 UTC). Specifications come from manufacturer datasheets. Every price on the GPU pages links to its receipt and shows its read date.