COMPARE / A100 80GB SXM VS V100 32GB NVLINK
A100 80GB SXM vs V100 32GB NVLink
Specs from the chip makers' datasheets; prices from the live Compute Cafe panel, refreshed hourly. Every rate is an on-demand published price with a source receipt.
CHEAPEST A100 80GB SXM
$0.290/hr
SpotGPUs · median $5.12 · 7 providers
CHEAPEST V100 32GB NVLINK
$1.530/hr
Microsoft Azure · median $2.92 · 1 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
A100 80GB SXM
live panel, 2026-09-27
| A100 80GB SXM | V100 32GB NVLINK | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ampere | Volta |
| LAUNCHED | 2020 | 2018 |
| MEMORY | 80 GB HBM2e | 32 GB HBM2 |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 2.0 TB/s | 900 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 312 TFLOPS FP16/BF16 tensor dense (624 sparse) | 125 TFLOPS FP16 tensor |
| POWER DRAW | 400 W | 300 W |
| INTERCONNECT | NVLink 3.0 600 GB/s | NVLink 2.0 300 GB/s |
HOW TO CHOOSE
V100 32GB NVLink vs A100 80GB SXM
2.5x the compute, 2.2x the bandwidth, BF16 support, 2.5x the memory. The A100 is better in every way; the V100's only argument is the hourly rate.
Workload fit
A100 80GB SXM: fine-tuning up to 70b, multi-gpu training, large-model inference. V100 32GB NVLink: budget multi-gpu training, legacy hpc.
A100 80GB SXM VS V100 32GB NVLINK - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, A100 80GB SXM or V100 32GB NVLink?
By today's published on-demand rates: A100 80GB SXM starts at $0.290/GPU/hr (median $5.12, 7 providers) and V100 32GB NVLink starts at $1.530/GPU/hr (median $2.92, 1 providers). The cheapest live listing is the A100 80GB SXM at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
A100 80GB SXM or V100 32GB NVLink - 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. V100 32GB NVLink: The 32 GB NVLink V100 is the most useful Volta part left: enough HBM for mid-size models, real GPU-to-GPU links for multi-card training, and legacy-cloud pricing. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent A100 80GB SXM and V100 32GB NVLink?
7 providers publish A100 80GB SXM rates and 1 publish V100 32GB NVLink rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.
Full pricing: A100 80GB SXM · V100 32GB NVLink · all comparisons