GPU comparison
H200 NVL vs GB300.
The GB300 is ahead on memory (288 GB vs 141 GB) and speed (3.0x the FP16 throughput and up to 67% more memory bandwidth). The H200 NVL makes sense when your model fits in 141 GB and its hourly price is lower.
Rent either on Runcrate
- H200 NVLfrom $4.63/hr
$0.033 per GB/hr$0.55 per 100 TFLOPS/hr
- GB300Not in stock right now
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
H200 NVL: 1 GPU, 71 GB spare
GB300: 1 GPU, 218 GB spare
GB300. Same GPU count, up to 67% more memory bandwidth.
Serve an 8B model in 16-bit weights
16 GB of 16-bit weights
H200 NVL: 1 GPU, 125 GB spare
GB300: 1 GPU, 272 GB spare
GB300. Same GPU count, up to 67% more memory bandwidth.
Fine-tune a 70B model with QLoRA
About 46 GB with 4-bit weights
H200 NVL: 1 GPU, 95 GB spare
GB300: 1 GPU, 242 GB spare
GB300. Same GPU count, 3.0x the FP16 throughput.
Train on a full node
FP16 tensor throughput per node
H200 NVL: 8x, 6,680 TFLOPS, NVLink in groups of 4
GB300: 8x, 20,000 TFLOPS, NVLink
GB300. 3.0x the FP16 throughput per GPU.
Throughput per watt
FP16 TFLOPS per 100 W of TDP
H200 NVL: 139 TFLOPS per 100 W
GB300: Varies by card
Either. Varies by card.
Compare another pair
Hopper
NVIDIA H200 NVL
- Memory
- 141 GB HBM3e
- FP16 tensor
- 835 TFLOPS
- Bandwidth
- 4.8 TB/s
Blackwell
NVIDIA GB300
- Memory
- 288 GB HBM3e
- FP16 tensor
- 2500 TFLOPS
- Bandwidth
- up to 8.0 TB/s
At a glance
Spec by spec. The longer bar is the better number.
Full specs
The complete spec sheet.
| Spec | NVIDIA H200 NVL | NVIDIA GB300 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Hopper | Blackwell |
| Memory | 141 GB | 288 GB |
| Memory type | HBM3e | HBM3e |
| Memory bandwidth | 4.8 TB/s | up to 8.0 TB/s |
| FP32 | 60 TFLOPS | 83 TFLOPS |
| FP16 tensor | 835 TFLOPS | 2500 TFLOPS |
| INT8 | 1670 TOPS | 167 TOPS |
| TDP | 600 W | up to 1400 W |
| Form factor | PCIe | Superchip |
| NVLink | In groups of 4 | Yes |
| GPUs per node | 8 | 8 |
| Hourly price (live) | from $4.63/hr | Not in stock right now |
Questions
H200 NVL or GB300. What buyers ask first.
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