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.

Latest freely available reading for each series in AI Chip Cloud Spot Price
SeriesPeriodLatest ($/hr)Change
H100 (Spot Market)Q2 20262.12+76.7% versus Q1 2026
H100 (CoreWeave)Q2 20266.160.0% versus Q1 2026
B200 (CoreWeave)Q1 20268.6+32.3% versus Q1 2025
B200 (Lambda)Q2 20265.5
H100 (Lambda)Q2 20263.99

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.

15 data points·Unit: $/hr·Last updated: Apr 2026

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Data Table

PeriodSeriesValue
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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