AI Chip Cloud Spot Price — Historical Time Series Data
Hourly rental cost for AI GPUs on major cloud platforms — CoreWeave, AWS, and spot markets (Vast.ai/Lambda). Tracks the H100→B200 generational transition and supply-driven price volatility.
AI Chip Cloud Spot Price — latest readings
15 data points across 5 series, covering Q2 2023 to Q2 2026. Values below are free; the full point-level history is available with Pro.
| Series | Period | Latest ($/hr) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| H100 (Spot Market) | Q2 2026 | 2.12 | +76.7% versus Q1 2026 |
| H100 (CoreWeave) | Q2 2026 | 6.16 | 0.0% versus Q1 2026 |
| B200 (CoreWeave) | Q1 2026 | 8.6 | +32.3% versus Q1 2025 |
| B200 (Lambda) | Q2 2026 | 5.5 | — |
| H100 (Lambda) | Q2 2026 | 3.99 | — |
AI Chip Cloud Spot Price
Hourly rental cost for AI GPUs on major cloud platforms — CoreWeave, AWS, and spot markets (Vast.ai/Lambda). Tracks the H100→B200 generational transition and supply-driven price volatility.
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Data Table
| Period | Series | Value |
|---|---|---|
Q2 2023 | H100 (Spot Market) | ••• |
Q4 2023 | H100 (CoreWeave) | ••• |
Q4 2023 | H100 (Spot Market) | ••• |
Q2 2024 | H100 (Spot Market) | ••• |
Q2 2024 | H100 (CoreWeave) | ••• |
Q4 2024 | H100 (CoreWeave) | 4.76 |
Q4 2024 | H100 (Spot Market) | 1.8 |
Q1 2025 | B200 (CoreWeave) | 6.5 |
Q1 2026 | H100 (CoreWeave) | 6.16 |
Q1 2026 | H100 (Spot Market) | 1.2 |
Q1 2026 | B200 (CoreWeave) | 8.6 |
Q2 2026 | B200 (Lambda) | 5.5 |
Q2 2026 | H100 (Lambda) | 3.99 |
Q2 2026 | H100 (Spot Market) | 2.12 |
Q2 2026 | H100 (CoreWeave) | 6.16 |
Methodology & Sources
Cloud provider public pricing pages, spot market trackers (vast.ai, cloud-gpus.com), and industry procurement data. On-demand prices are list prices without committed use discounts. Enterprise reserved pricing is 30–50% lower.
Citations:
- Vast.ai market data (Jun 2023)
- coreweave.com/gpu-cloud-pricing (archive.org 2023-12-13) (Dec 2023)
- Vast.ai / Lambda (Dec 2023)
- cloud-gpus.com aggregator (Jun 2024)
- coreweave.com/gpu-cloud-pricing (archive.org 2024-06-18) (Jun 2024)
- coreweave.com/gpu-cloud-pricing (archive.org 2024-12-06) (Dec 2024)
- Vast.ai tracker (Dec 2024)
- Analyst estimates (Mar 2025)
- coreweave.com/pricing (archive.org 2026-01-06, 2026-03-13) (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Silicon Analysts estimate (Mar 2026)
- lambdalabs.com/service/gpu-cloud/pricing (Apr 2026)
- Silicon Analysts (derived) (Apr 2026)
- coreweave.com/pricing (Apr 2026)
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