B200 vs H100: Cloud Pricing & Availability (2026)
Live, side-by-side comparison of the B200 and H100 across the cloud providers GPU Finder tracks — on-demand and spot price floors, how many providers carry each, and 30-day availability reliability. Prices refresh daily, availability hourly.
Right now: the H100 is the cheaper rental — from $0.41/hr on demand, about 91% below the B200 ($4.40/hr).
| Metric | B200 | H100 |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand (per GPU-hour) | $4.40/hron-demand | $0.41/hron-demand |
| Cheapest spot / interruptible (per GPU-hour) | $1.88/hrspot / interruptible | $0.27/hrspot / interruptible |
| GPU memory | 179 GB | 80 GB |
| Cloud providers | 12 | 23 |
| Configs tracked | 53 | 286 |
| 30-day reliability | 1/7 held ≥80% | 7/14 held ≥80% |
When to pick which
- Pick the H100 to minimise hourly cost — its on-demand floor ($0.41/hr) is the lower of the two right now.
- Pick the B200 for larger models or bigger batch sizes — its 179 GB of VRAM fits more without sharding across GPUs.
- The H100 is listed by more providers (23), so it's usually easier to find in stock.
- Over the last 30 days the H100 held ≥80% availability at a larger share of providers — the steadier pick if you need capacity on demand.
FAQ
- Is the B200 or H100 cheaper to rent in the cloud?
- Across the providers GPU Finder tracks, the B200 starts at $4.40/hr and the H100 at $0.41/hr on demand. The H100 is currently cheaper, with an on-demand floor of $0.41/hr — about 91% below the B200. Prices refresh daily and availability hourly, so check the live tables before you commit.
- Which has more cloud providers, the B200 or H100?
- The B200 is offered by 12 providers and the H100 by 23 providers in our catalog. More providers usually means more regions and an easier time finding capacity in stock.
- How much GPU memory do the B200 and H100 have?
- The B200 carries 179 GB of VRAM and the H100 80 GB. VRAM is the main constraint on the model size and batch size you can run on a single GPU.
- Which is more reliably available, the B200 or H100?
- Over the last 30 days, 1/7 held ≥80% of scored providers kept the B200 in stock, versus 7/14 held ≥80% for the H100. GPU Finder polls provider stock hourly and scores reliability from that history.