A100 80GB SXM vs H100 SXM

A100 80GB SXM vs H100 SXM

The H100 roughly triples dense FP16 throughput, adds FP8 and raises bandwidth to 3.35 TB/s - but typically lists at 2-3x the A100's hourly rate. For fine-tuning jobs that fit in 80 GB, the A100 is often the better value; for pre-training, the H100 pays for itself.

H100 SXM vs A100 80GB SXM

H100 delivers ~3x the dense FP16 and 6x with FP8, at typically 2-3x the hourly rate. Pre-training pays for the premium; fine-tuning often does not.

Workload fit

A100 80GB SXM: fine-tuning up to 70b, multi-gpu training, large-model inference. H100 SXM: llm pre-training, 70b+ fine-tuning, high-throughput inference.

Which is cheaper to rent, A100 80GB SXM or H100 SXM?

By today's published on-demand rates: A100 80GB SXM starts at $0.290/GPU/hr (median $5.12, 7 providers) and H100 SXM starts at $0.890/GPU/hr (median $5.49, 77 providers). The cheapest live listing is the A100 80GB SXM at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.

A100 80GB SXM or H100 SXM - which should I rent?

A100 80GB SXM: The A100 80GB was the standard large-model training chip of 2021-2023 and still anchors an enormous installed base. H100 SXM: The H100 SXM is the chip the current generation of frontier models was trained on, and the benchmark every other datacenter GPU is priced against. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.

Where can I rent A100 80GB SXM and H100 SXM?

7 providers publish A100 80GB SXM rates and 77 publish H100 SXM rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.