H100 vs RTX A5000

Comparing the H100 and RTX A5000 for cloud rental? The H100 is available from 0 providers starting at , while the RTX A5000 starts at across 0 providers. Below is a live breakdown of pricing, VRAM, compute throughput, and where to rent each GPU.

H100

VRAM
80 GB
TFLOPS
495
Cheapest
See all H100 offers

RTX A5000

VRAM
24 GB
TFLOPS
111
Cheapest
See all RTX A5000 offers

H100 vs RTX A5000 at a glance

Spec profile

H100RTX A5000
H100 vs RTX A5000 spec comparison radar chartVRAMFP16BandwidthValueProviders

Each axis is scaled to the stronger GPU — the outer edge is better.

Value for money

Live pricing for both GPUs is needed to compute value-for-money metrics. See the provider tables below for current rates.

Specs are manufacturer peak FP16 Tensor figures; real-world throughput varies by workload, precision, and software stack.

H100 vs RTX A5000 specs & pricing

SpecificationH100RTX A5000
Cheapest price
VRAM
80 GB
24 GB
FP16 TFLOPS
495
111
Memory bandwidth
3350 GB/s
768 GB/s
Release year
2023
2021
Cloud providers

Which should you choose?

  • H100 has more VRAM (80 GB), so it fits larger models and bigger batch sizes without sharding.
  • H100 offers higher FP16 throughput, training and serving faster on compute-bound workloads.

Provider availability

Only H100
None
Both GPUs
None
Only RTX A5000
None

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM do the H100 and RTX A5000 have?

The H100 has 80 GB of VRAM and the RTX A5000 has 24 GB. More VRAM lets you serve larger models and longer context windows on a single GPU.

Which is faster, the H100 or RTX A5000?

On paper the H100 is faster, with 495 FP16 TFLOPS versus 111. Real-world speed also depends on memory bandwidth and software stack.

Live prices come from public provider catalogs and can change quickly. How we collect prices.

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