Untangling the GPU-hour.

A list price is where it starts. Work out what your GPU-hour costs.

GPU

Same H100 chip, a

3.4× spread in list prices across 18 providers

H100 SXM on-demand · P90 ÷ P10 · n = 18October 20261

Same H200 chip, a

2.6× spread in list prices across 13 providers

H200 on-demand · P90 ÷ P10 · n = 13October 20264

Three H100 contract types, three median list prices

USD per GPU-hour, list priceOctober 20262
  • Spot / preemptiblen = 5$2.73
  • 3-year+ reservedn = 5$2.97
  • On-demandn = 18$3.99

If unused hours are billed, a 25% reservation discount needs 75% use

Hypothetical: on-demand $1.00, reserved $0.75. $0.75 ÷ $1.00 = 75%.

Hypothetical prices, not market data3

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Committed: billed whether used or not

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per GPU-hour you actually use

H100 SXM on-demand median $3.99, October 2026 · break-even at your price: –

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Notes

  1. H100 SXM on-demand list prices per GPU-hour, 18 providers, collected in October 2026. Median $3.99/GPU-hr. Middle 80%: $3.10 to $10.41, a 3.4× spread (P90 ÷ P10). List prices, not negotiated deals. Without the 4 hyperscalers (n = 14 of the 18 H100 prices): median $3.95, middle 80% $3.04 to $5.52, a 1.8× spread (P90 ÷ P10). One price per provider, the median of its listed rates. Some are "starting at" or promo prices. 5 of the 18 are 8-GPU machine prices ÷ 8; included CPU, RAM and storage vary. Sources: provider pricing pages and price APIs; 2 via third-party price-list mirrors. Method
  2. Ranges: spot / preemptible $1.99–$6.13, 3-year+ reserved $2.24–$5.40 (min–max); on-demand $3.10–$10.41 (P10–P90). H100 SXM, USD per GPU-hour, list prices collected in October 2026, not negotiated deals. One price per provider per row. Each row is a different set of providers: hyperscalers are 4 of the 18 on-demand prices but 3 of the 5 in each smaller row, so rows don't compare one for one. Spot prices move; these are snapshots. Many prices are 8-GPU machine prices ÷ 8, and 4 come via third-party price-list mirrors, including the 3-year+ median. Other reservation terms in our data aren't shown. Not shown: 1-year reserved (n = 4) and capacity block (n = 3), fewer than 5 prices each.
  3. Hypothetical prices, chosen to show the arithmetic: not market data, a quote or an offer. If reserved hours are billed whether you use them or not, then at discount d, reserving costs less only above 1 − d utilization. Here d is 25%, so break-even is 75%. At 70% use the reservation costs $1.07 per hour used, $0.07 more than on-demand. Assumes no upfront payment, no resale, and on-demand capacity there when you need it. Education, not financial advice.
  4. H200 on-demand list prices per GPU-hour, 13 providers, collected in October 2026. Median $5.40/GPU-hr. Middle 80%: $4.05 to $10.48, a 2.6× spread (P90 ÷ P10). List prices, not negotiated deals. Includes 4 hyperscalers; with only 9 other providers, they aren't shown separately. One price per provider, the median of its listed rates. SXM/HGX listings and listings that don't state the form factor; NVL and PCIe are left out, whether the listing or the provider's documentation says so. 5 of the 13 are 8-GPU machine prices ÷ 8; included CPU, RAM and storage vary. Sources: provider pricing pages and price APIs.