NVIDIA A100 80GB vs NVIDIA GB200: which is better for AI?

Choose NVIDIA A100 80GB if you want the Ampere architecture. Choose NVIDIA GB200 if you need 186GB+ on a single GPU (106GB more than NVIDIA A100 80GB).

Can I deploy NVIDIA A100 80GB or NVIDIA GB200 on Runcrate today?

NVIDIA A100 80GB is on demand in 6 regions from $1.73/hr, billed by the second on most GPUs. NVIDIA GB200 is available as reserved capacity on request.

How much VRAM does each GPU have?

NVIDIA A100 80GB has 80GB HBM2e. NVIDIA GB200 has 186GB HBM3e.

GPU comparison

NVIDIA A100 80GB vs NVIDIA GB200.

Specs, performance and live cloud availability, side by side.

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The short answer

Choose NVIDIA A100 80GB if you want the Ampere architecture.
Choose NVIDIA GB200 if you need 186GB+ on a single GPU (106GB more than NVIDIA A100 80GB).

Compare another pair

Ampere

NVIDIA A100 80GB

from$1.73/hr

Available now · 6 regions

Memory: 80 GB HBM2e
FP16 tensor: 312 TFLOPS
Bandwidth: up to 2.0 TB/s

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Blackwell

NVIDIA GB200

Reserved capacity · on request

Memory: 186 GB HBM3e
FP16 tensor: 2500 TFLOPS
Bandwidth: 8.0 TB/s

Reserve capacity Deploy H200 instead

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At a glance

Spec by spec. The longer bar is the better number.

Memory

NVIDIA A100 80GB80 GB

NVIDIA GB200186 GB

Memory bandwidth

NVIDIA A100 80GBup to 2.0 TB/s

NVIDIA GB2008.0 TB/s

FP16 tensor

NVIDIA A100 80GB312 TFLOPS

NVIDIA GB2002500 TFLOPS

FP32

NVIDIA A100 80GB19.5 TFLOPS

NVIDIA GB20090 TFLOPS

Full specs

The complete spec sheet.

Spec	NVIDIA A100 80GB	NVIDIA GB200
Architecture	Ampere	Blackwell
Memory	80 GB	186 GB
Memory type	HBM2e	HBM3e
Memory bandwidth	up to 2.0 TB/s	8.0 TB/s
FP32	19.5 TFLOPS	90 TFLOPS
FP16 tensor	312 TFLOPS	2500 TFLOPS
INT8	624 TOPS	3600 TOPS
TDP	up to 400 W	1000 W
GPUs per node	8	8
Hourly price (live)	from $1.73/hr	Reserve on request

Questions

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