GPU comparison
NVIDIA H100 vs NVIDIA A100 40GB.
Specs, performance and live cloud availability, side by side. The NVIDIA A100 40GB is cheaper today, from $1.99/hr.
The short answer
Choose NVIDIA H100 if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (40GB more than NVIDIA A100 40GB).
Choose NVIDIA H100 if you need FP16 tensor throughput (217% faster than NVIDIA A100 40GB).
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Hopper
NVIDIA H100
from$4.29/hr
Available now · 4 regions- Memory
- 80 GB HBM3
- FP16 tensor
- up to 989 TFLOPS
- Bandwidth
- up to 3.4 TB/s
Ampere
NVIDIA A100 40GB
from$1.99/hrCheaper
Available now · 5 regions- Memory
- 40 GB HBM2
- FP16 tensor
- 312 TFLOPS
- Bandwidth
- 1.6 TB/s
At a glance
Spec by spec. The longer bar is the better number.
Full specs
The complete spec sheet.
| Spec | NVIDIA H100 | NVIDIA A100 40GB |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Hopper | Ampere |
| Memory | 80 GB | 40 GB |
| Memory type | HBM3 | HBM2 |
| Memory bandwidth | up to 3.4 TB/s | 1.6 TB/s |
| FP32 | up to 67 TFLOPS | 19.5 TFLOPS |
| FP16 tensor | up to 989 TFLOPS | 312 TFLOPS |
| INT8 | up to 2400 TOPS | 624 TOPS |
| TDP | up to 700 W | up to 400 W |
| GPUs per node | 8 | 8 |
| Hourly price (live) | from $4.29/hr | from $1.99/hr |
Questions
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