GPU Comparison
NVIDIA B200 vs NVIDIA A40.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA A40 is the cheaper option at $0.75/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA B200 if you need 192GB+ on a single GPU (144GB more than NVIDIA A40).
Choose NVIDIA B200 if you need raw FP16 throughput (141% faster than NVIDIA A40).
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Blackwell
NVIDIA B200
$3.40/hr
$3.20-$3.60/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM192GB HBM3e
FP16180 TFLOPS
Bandwidth8.0 TB/s
Ampere
NVIDIA A40
$0.75/hrCheaper
$0.65-$0.85/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM48GB GDDR6
FP1674.8 TFLOPS
Bandwidth696 GB/s
At a glance
Spec by spec.
Visual comparison across the four specs that matter most for AI workloads. Green bar marks the winner.
VRAM
NVIDIA B200
192 GB
NVIDIA A40
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA B200
8.0 TB/s
NVIDIA A40
696 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA B200
180 TFLOPS
NVIDIA A40
74.8 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA B200
$3.40/hr
NVIDIA A40
$0.75/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA B200NVIDIA A40
ArchitectureBlackwellAmpere
VRAM192 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeHBM3eGDDR6
Memory Bandwidth8.0 TB/s●696 GB/s
FP32 Performance90 TFLOPS●37.4 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance180 TFLOPS●74.8 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance3600 TOPS●299 TOPS
TDP1000 W300 W
Form FactorSXMPCIe
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node84
Hourly Price$3.40/hr$0.75/hr●
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