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GPU comparison

B200 vs B300.

Pick the B300 for memory: 288 GB vs 180 GB. FP16 speed is the same (2,250 TFLOPS), so for models under 180 GB pick by price.

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  • B200Cheaperfrom $7.67/hr

    $0.043 per GB/hr$0.34 per 100 TFLOPS/hr

    Reserve a cluster
  • B300from $14.30/hr per GPU

    on an 8-GPU machine

    $0.050 per GB/hr$0.64 per 100 TFLOPS/hr

    Launch B300

Live hourly price, then per GB of memory and per 100 FP16 TFLOPS.

Which is better for

Which to pick for each job. Memory fit and throughput, from the datasheets.

  • Hold a 70B model in 8-bit weights

    70 GB of 8-bit weights

    B200: 1 GPU, 110 GB spare

    B300: 1 GPU, 218 GB spare

    Either. Fits on one GPU of either.

  • Serve an 8B model in 16-bit weights

    16 GB of 16-bit weights

    B200: 1 GPU, 164 GB spare

    B300: 1 GPU, 272 GB spare

    Either. Fits on one GPU of either.

  • Fine-tune a 70B model with QLoRA

    About 46 GB with 4-bit weights

    B200: 1 GPU, 134 GB spare

    B300: 1 GPU, 242 GB spare

    Either. Fits on one GPU of either.

  • Train on a full node

    FP16 tensor throughput per node

    B200: 8x, 18,000 TFLOPS, NVLink

    B300: 8x, 18,000 TFLOPS, NVLink

    Either. Close per node.

  • Throughput per watt

    FP16 TFLOPS per 100 W of TDP

    B200: 225 TFLOPS per 100 W

    B300: Varies by card

    Either. Varies by card.

Compare another pair

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Blackwell

NVIDIA B200

from$7.67/hrCheaper
Reserved clusters
Memory
180 GB HBM3e
FP16 tensor
2250 TFLOPS
Bandwidth
8.0 TB/s
Full pricing details

Blackwell

NVIDIA B300

from$14.30/hr per GPU

on an 8-GPU machine

Available now · 2 regions
Memory
288 GB HBM3e
FP16 tensor
2250 TFLOPS
Bandwidth
up to 8.0 TB/s
Full pricing details

At a glance

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

Memory

NVIDIA B200180 GB
NVIDIA B300288 GB

Memory bandwidth

NVIDIA B2008.0 TB/s
NVIDIA B300up to 8.0 TB/s

FP16 tensor

NVIDIA B2002250 TFLOPS
NVIDIA B3002250 TFLOPS

Hourly price, from (live)

NVIDIA B200$7.67/hr
NVIDIA B300$14.30/hr

Full specs

The complete spec sheet.

SpecNVIDIA B200NVIDIA B300
ArchitectureBlackwellBlackwell
Memory180 GB288 GB
Memory typeHBM3eHBM3e
Memory bandwidth8.0 TB/sup to 8.0 TB/s
FP3275 TFLOPS75 TFLOPS
FP16 tensor2250 TFLOPS2250 TFLOPS
INT84500 TOPS187.5 TOPS
TDP1000 Wup to 1400 W
Form factorSXMSXM
NVLinkYesYes
GPUs per node88
Hourly price (live)from $7.67/hrfrom $14.30/hr per GPU on an 8-GPU machine

Questions

B200 or B300. What buyers ask first.

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