GPU Comparison
NVIDIA H100 SXM 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 H100 SXM if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (32GB more than NVIDIA A40).
Choose NVIDIA H100 SXM if you need raw FP16 throughput (60% faster than NVIDIA A40).
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Hopper
NVIDIA H100 SXM
$1.50/hr
$1.35-$1.65/hr range · 8 regions
VRAM80GB HBM3
FP16120 TFLOPS
Bandwidth3.4 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 H100 SXM
80 GB
NVIDIA A40
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA H100 SXM
3.4 TB/s
NVIDIA A40
696 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA H100 SXM
120 TFLOPS
NVIDIA A40
74.8 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA H100 SXM
$1.50/hr
NVIDIA A40
$0.75/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA H100 SXMNVIDIA A40
ArchitectureHopperAmpere
VRAM80 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeHBM3GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth3.4 TB/s●696 GB/s
FP32 Performance60 TFLOPS●37.4 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance120 TFLOPS●74.8 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance2400 TOPS●299 TOPS
TDP700 W300 W
Form FactorSXMPCIe
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node84
Hourly Price$1.50/hr$0.75/hr●
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