GPU comparison
NVIDIA H100 vs NVIDIA A100 80GB: price per GPU-hour
Updated 2026-10-19
At the median, H100 is 1.9× the price of A100 80GB per GPU-hour.
NVIDIA H100 has 80 GB on Hopper; NVIDIA A100 80GB has 80 GB on Ampere.
Pick on memory first: the model has to fit. Then compare price per GPU-hour, and check whether your credits can pay for it.
| NVIDIA H100 | NVIDIA A100 80GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest in stock | $1.77 (Lium) | $0.65 (Lium) |
| Median | $3.38 | $1.76 |
| Providers tracked | 37 | 27 |
| On AWS | $6.88 (p5.4xlarge) | $3.43 (p4de.24xlarge) |
| Memory | 80 GB | 80 GB |
| Architecture | Hopper | Ampere |
| AWS GPU-hours per $25k | 3,634 | 7,287 |
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