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title: "H200 vs H200 NVL: Specs & Price per Hour (2026) | PowerGPU"
description: "H200 vs H200 NVL: 141 vs 141 GB VRAM, 990 vs 835 FP16 TFLOPS, $2.791 vs $2.650/hr on PowerGPU. Specs side by side, live rental prices, which to rent."
url: https://powergpu.ai/compare/h200-vs-h200-nvl
last_modified: 2026-09-14T11:04:20+00:00
prices_as_of: 2026-09-14
site: PowerGPU (powergpu.ai)
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Compare · prices checked 2026-09-14

# H200 vs H200 NVL: specs, price per hour, which to rent

NVIDIA H200 (141 GB, **$2.791** /hr) against NVIDIA H200 NVL (141 GB, **$2.650** /hr): public specs side by side, live fixed prices from our sheet, what fits in each card's VRAM, and a verdict written for real workloads — both are rentable right now.

- [NVIDIA H200 Hopper · 141 GB HBM3e · 990 FP16 TFLOPS · $2.791/hr on-demand · $1.395/hr interruptible · 50 online](https://powergpu.ai/gpu/h200)
- [NVIDIA H200 NVL Hopper · 141 GB HBM3e · 835 FP16 TFLOPS · $2.650/hr on-demand · $1.325/hr interruptible · 27 online](https://powergpu.ai/gpu/h200-nvl)

## H200 vs H200 NVL specifications

Public NVIDIA figures (dense, non-sparsity). The last column is H200 relative to H200 NVL.

| Spec | H200 | H200 NVL | Difference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Architecture | Hopper (2023) | Hopper (2024) | — |
| VRAM | 141 GB HBM3e | 141 GB HBM3e | same |
| Memory bandwidth | 4,800 GB/s | 4,800 GB/s | same |
| FP16 tensor (dense) | 990 TFLOPS | 835 TFLOPS | +19% |
| FP32 | 67.0 TFLOPS | 60.0 TFLOPS | +12% |
| CUDA cores | 16,896 | 16,896 | same |
| TDP | 700 W | 600 W | +17% |
| PCIe · NVLink | Gen 5.0 · no NVLink | Gen 5.0 · NVLink | — |
| PowerScore (RTX 3090 = 100) | 697 | 588 | +19% |
| Max GPUs per machine | 8× | 8× | — |

## H200 vs H200 NVL price per hour

Fixed rates from our sheet — every on-demand price is the marketplace median × 0.70, rounded down. Monthly = 730 hours.

| Rate | H200 | H200 NVL | Cheaper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On-demand, per GPU-hour | $2.791 | $2.650 | H200 NVL (−5%) |
| Interruptible, per GPU-hour | $1.395 | $1.325 | H200 NVL |
| Reserved (3 mo), per GPU-hour | $1.814 | $1.722 | H200 NVL |
| On-demand, per month | $2,037 | $1,935 | H200 NVL |
| Market median (reference) | $3.99 | $3.79 | — |
| $ per 1,000 FP16 TFLOP-hours | $2.82 | $3.17 | H200 (better value) |
| $ per GB of VRAM per hour | $0.0198 | $0.0188 | H200 NVL (better value) |

Try a full month with storage and bandwidth in the [GPU cost calculator](https://powergpu.ai/calculator).

## What fits in VRAM: 141 GB vs 141 GB

| Workload | H200 | H200 NVL |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Largest LLM in FP16, one card | ~49B | ~49B |
| Largest LLM at 4-bit, one card | ~141B | ~141B |
| Flux dev (FP8, ~17 GB) | fits | fits |
| Wan 2.x 14B video (offloaded) | yes | yes |
| 70B 4-bit LLM on one card | yes | yes |

Rules of thumb: ~2.4 GB per billion parameters in FP16 all-in, ~0.62 GB in 4-bit. Full tables in the [VRAM guide](https://powergpu.ai/guides/llm-vram-requirements).

## Verdict: which should you rent?

Same 141 GB of HBM3e: the SXM H200 offers 700 W, 8-way NVLink and slightly higher clocks; the H200 NVL is a PCIe card in bridged sets of two or four. NVL is cheaper per hour for inference; SXM for large training jobs.

- **Cheaper per hour:** H200 NVL ($2.650 vs $2.791, −5%).
- **More VRAM:** H200 (141 GB vs 141 GB).
- **More FP16 throughput:** H200 (about 1.2×).
- **Best value per TFLOP-hour:** H200.
- **Best value per GB of VRAM:** H200 NVL.
- **Multi-GPU:** H200 over PCIe · H200 NVL with NVLink.

## Related comparisons

[All comparisons](https://powergpu.ai/compare)

- [H100 SXM vs H200 $1.428 vs $2.791 per hour](https://powergpu.ai/compare/h100-sxm-vs-h200)
- [H200 vs B200 $2.791 vs $5.425 per hour](https://powergpu.ai/compare/h200-vs-b200)

## H200 vs H200 NVL: FAQ

Deeper reading: [H100 vs H200 vs B200](https://powergpu.ai/guides/h100-vs-h200-vs-b200), [RTX 4090 vs RTX 5090](https://powergpu.ai/guides/rtx-4090-vs-rtx-5090), [how cloud GPU pricing works](https://powergpu.ai/guides/cloud-gpu-pricing-explained).

**Is the H200 faster than the H200 NVL?**

On dense FP16 tensor throughput the H200 leads by about 1.2× (990 vs 835 TFLOPS). Memory bandwidth matters as much for inference: H200 4,800 GB/s vs H200 NVL 4,800 GB/s.

**Which is cheaper to rent, the H200 or the H200 NVL?**

The H200 NVL: $2.650/hr on-demand versus $2.791/hr — 5% less. Interruptible rates are $1.395 (H200) and $1.325 (H200 NVL). Per TFLOP-hour the better value is the H200.

**Which has more VRAM and what does that change?**

The H200 has 141 GB versus 141 GB. In LLM terms that is roughly a 49B FP16 model (or ~141B in 4-bit) on one card against 49B FP16 (~141B 4-bit). If the model does not fit, speed is irrelevant.

**Can I rent both on PowerGPU right now?**

Yes — 50 × H200 and 27 × H200 NVL are online as this page renders, deployable in about 30 seconds, billed per second, paid in crypto with no KYC.

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