GPU Comparison
NVIDIA H200 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 H200 if you need 141GB+ on a single GPU (93GB more than NVIDIA A40).
Choose NVIDIA H200 if you need raw FP16 throughput (79% faster than NVIDIA A40).
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Hopper
NVIDIA H200
$2.25/hr
$2.10-$2.40/hr range · 6 regions
VRAM141GB HBM3e
FP16134 TFLOPS
Bandwidth4.8 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 H200
141 GB
NVIDIA A40
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA H200
4.8 TB/s
NVIDIA A40
696 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA H200
134 TFLOPS
NVIDIA A40
74.8 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA H200
$2.25/hr
NVIDIA A40
$0.75/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA H200NVIDIA A40
ArchitectureHopperAmpere
VRAM141 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeHBM3eGDDR6
Memory Bandwidth4.8 TB/s●696 GB/s
FP32 Performance67 TFLOPS●37.4 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance134 TFLOPS●74.8 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance2680 TOPS●299 TOPS
TDP700 W300 W
Form FactorSXMPCIe
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node84
Hourly Price$2.25/hr$0.75/hr●
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