GPU Rental Price per Effective FP8 PFLOP — Historical Time Series Data
Derived price-per-performance series for rented AI GPUs: public on-demand rental prices divided by NVIDIA peak FP8 (sparse) throughput — H100 SXM5 and H200 at 3,958 TFLOPS, B200 at 9,000 TFLOPS. Tracks whether new silicon generations are priced at a per-performance discount (the neocloud pattern) or at per-PFLOP parity/premium (the hyperscaler scarcity pattern). Companion dataset to the GPU rental premium decomposition analysis.
GPU Rental Price per Effective FP8 PFLOP
Derived price-per-performance series for rented AI GPUs: public on-demand rental prices divided by NVIDIA peak FP8 (sparse) throughput — H100 SXM5 and H200 at 3,958 TFLOPS, B200 at 9,000 TFLOPS. Tracks whether new silicon generations are priced at a per-performance discount (the neocloud pattern) or at per-PFLOP parity/premium (the hyperscaler scarcity pattern). Companion dataset to the GPU rental premium decomposition analysis.
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Data Table
| Period | Series | Value |
|---|---|---|
Q4 2023 | H100 (on-demand median) | ••• |
Q2 2024 | H100 (on-demand median) | ••• |
Q4 2024 | H100 (on-demand median) | 1.2 |
Q1 2025 | B200 (on-demand median) | 0.72 |
Q1 2026 | H100 (on-demand median) | 1.56 |
Q1 2026 | B200 (on-demand median) | 0.96 |
Q2 2026 | H200 (on-demand median) | 1.3 |
Q2 2026 | B200 (on-demand median) | 0.78 |
Q2 2026 | H100 (on-demand median) | 1.01 |
Methodology & Sources
Derived series — provider public list prices ÷ NVIDIA peak FP8 sparse throughput (H100 SXM5 and H200: 3,958 TFLOPS; B200: 9,000 TFLOPS, per lib/constants/chipSpecs.ts). All values are Silicon Analysts estimates; providers do not publish per-performance pricing. Each point's source note names the underlying price observation.
Citations:
- Silicon Analysts (derived) (Dec 2023)
- Silicon Analysts (derived) (Jun 2024)
- Silicon Analysts (derived) (Dec 2024)
- Silicon Analysts (derived) (Mar 2025)
- Silicon Analysts (derived) (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Silicon Analysts (derived) (Apr 2026)
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How much does it cost to rent a B200 per hour?
- As of the April 2026 snapshot, Lambda lists the B200 on-demand at $5.50 per GPU-hour ($44.00 for an 8-GPU instance), while AWS capacity blocks price the B200 at $9.36 per GPU-hour ($74.88 for the 8-GPU p6.48xlarge). Per unit of FP8 (sparse) compute, Lambda’s B200 works out to roughly $0.61 per effective PFLOP-hour — about 39% below its own H100 — while AWS prices Blackwell at per-PFLOP parity with the H100.
- What does "$/hr per PFLOP" mean for GPU rental pricing?
- It is a derived price-per-performance metric: the public on-demand rental price per GPU-hour divided by the chip’s peak FP8 sparse throughput in PFLOPS (H100 SXM5 and H200: 3.958; B200: 9.0, per NVIDIA spec sheets — dense throughput is roughly half). Providers do not publish per-performance pricing, so all values are Silicon Analysts estimates; each data point cites the underlying price observation.
- Is the B200 cheaper than the H100 per unit of compute?
- On neoclouds, yes: Lambda rents the B200 at 1.38x its H100 price for 2.27x the FP8 (sparse) throughput — about 39% cheaper per effective PFLOP ($0.61 vs $1.01). On AWS capacity blocks the B200 is priced at per-PFLOP parity with the two-year-old H100 (~$1.04 vs ~$0.99), meaning the newest silicon carries zero performance discount — hyperscalers price scarcity, neoclouds price compute.