GPU Comparison

NVIDIA H100 SXM vs NVIDIA RTX 5090.

Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA RTX 5090 is the cheaper option at $0.55/hr.

TL;DR

Choose NVIDIA H100 SXM if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (48GB more than NVIDIA RTX 5090).

Choose NVIDIA RTX 5090 if you need raw FP16 throughput (108% faster than NVIDIA H100 SXM).

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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
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Blackwell

NVIDIA RTX 5090

$0.55/hrCheaper

$0.45-$0.65/hr range · 3 regions

VRAM32GB GDDR7
FP16250 TFLOPS
Bandwidth1.8 TB/s
Deploy NVIDIA RTX 5090Full pricing details

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 RTX 5090
32 GB

Memory Bandwidth

NVIDIA H100 SXM
3.4 TB/s
NVIDIA RTX 5090
1.8 TB/s

FP16 Performance

NVIDIA H100 SXM
120 TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 5090
250 TFLOPS

Hourly Price

NVIDIA H100 SXM
$1.50/hr
NVIDIA RTX 5090
$0.55/hr

Full specs

Complete spec sheet.

SpecNVIDIA H100 SXMNVIDIA RTX 5090
ArchitectureHopperBlackwell
VRAM80 GB32 GB
Memory TypeHBM3GDDR7
Memory Bandwidth3.4 TB/s1.8 TB/s
FP32 Performance60 TFLOPS125 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance120 TFLOPS250 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance2400 TOPS1000 TOPS
TDP700 W575 W
Form FactorSXMConsumer
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node82
Hourly Price$1.50/hr$0.55/hr

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