H100 PCIE vs A100 SXM4 price comparison

Compare H100 PCIE vs A100 SXM4 price, VRAM, and provider coverage so you can see which GPU is cheaper to rent today and how the spread has moved over time.

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H100 PCIE vs A100 SXM4: how to compare cost in context

If you are choosing between H100 PCIE and A100 SXM4, hourly price is only part of the trade-off. This page lines up specs, shared providers, and current market pricing so you can compare both cost and coverage.

Use the specs table to understand the memory difference, the historical chart to see how each market has moved, and the provider table to check whether one GPU consistently carries a premium on the same cloud.

Cheapest provider right now

H100 PCIE vs A100 SXM4: cheapest market entry

A100 SXM4 currently has the lower on-demand entry price, starting at $1.49/hr on RunPod, while H100 PCIE starts at $2.89/hr on RunPod. Across 2 providers with fresh on-demand prices for both GPUs, H100 PCIE is cheaper on 0 providers and A100 SXM4 is cheaper on 2 providers.

Methodology and freshness

How the side-by-side comparison works

We compare fresh on-demand per-GPU hourly prices for both models and keep provider histories separate so you can see whether a gap is structural or just a short-lived market move. Stale, spot, and community rows do not drive the current-price decision copy.

FAQ

H100 PCIE vs A100 SXM4 pricing FAQ

Which is cheaper right now: H100 PCIE or A100 SXM4?

How much VRAM do H100 PCIE and A100 SXM4 have?

H100 PCIE is tracked with 80GB of HBM3, while A100 SXM4 is tracked with 80GB of HBM2e.

Which providers currently carry both H100 PCIE and A100 SXM4?

We currently see fresh shared on-demand coverage on Lambda and RunPod.

How fresh is the H100 PCIE vs A100 SXM4 pricing data?

The decision copy uses fresh on-demand rows from the latest stored snapshot for each GPU and provider. The newest qualifying row is from Jul 31, 2026, and collectors run daily.

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Spec	H100 PCIE	A100 SXM4
VRAM	80 GB	80 GB
Memory Type	HBM3	HBM2e
Generation	Hopper	Ampere
Tier	High Performance	High Performance
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Historical H100 PCIE vs A100 SXM4 price trend

Fresh on-demand price by provider: H100 PCIE vs A100 SXM4

Provider	H100 PCIE	A100 SXM4	Difference
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Deployment prompt

Use the infrastructure or model context on this page to create a reproducible open-model deployment. Use this guide as the starting context: https://www.getflops.ai/compare/H100-PCIE-vs-A100-SXM4. Read the linked model card and provider documentation before choosing hardware or runtime settings. Open every linked primary source and flag any mismatch instead of guessing. Create a deployment folder containing README.md, .env.example with no secrets, a pinned start script or infrastructure manifest, and smoke-test.sh. Make the endpoint OpenAI-compatible where the runtime supports it. Run local/static validation, estimate the billable resources, and stop before provisioning paid infrastructure until I approve.

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