NVIDIA A100 vs NVIDIA H200
NVIDIA H200 comes out ahead of NVIDIA A100 on 7 of the 8 things that decide this, going by what each maker publishes. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
NVIDIA H200 takes it, 7–1 on rounds.
On the published figures, NVIDIA H200 takes 7 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose NVIDIA A100 if…
- • You want NVIDIA A100's edge on how much power it draws
Choose NVIDIA H200 if…
- • You want NVIDIA H200's edge on how much memory it has and how fast its memory is
Round by round
- Round 1How much memory it hasNVIDIA H200 wins
NVIDIA H200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How fast its memory isNVIDIA H200 wins
NVIDIA H200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How fast it runs FP16 AI mathNVIDIA H200 winsNVIDIA A1005/10
624 TFLOPS
fp16 tensor core, with sparsity
- 624 TFLOPS, against 1,979 TFLOPS
Source: nvidia.com ↗
NVIDIA H200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How much power it drawsNVIDIA A100 wins
NVIDIA A100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How fast chips talk to each otherNVIDIA H200 winsNVIDIA A1005/10
600 GB/s NVLink
nvlink gpu-to-gpu
- 600 GB/s NVLink, against 900 GB/s NVLink
Source: nvidia.com ↗
NVIDIA H200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How it handles scientific FP64 mathNVIDIA H200 wins
NVIDIA H200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 7Which memory generation it usesNVIDIA H200 wins
NVIDIA H200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 8How new it isNVIDIA H200 wins
NVIDIA H200 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Side by side
- 80 GB HBM2e, against 128 GB HBM2E
- 2,039 GB/s, against 3.7 TB/s
- 312 TFLOPS, against 1,678 TFLOPS
- 2020, against September 24, 2024
- 141 GB HBM3e, against 186 GB HBM3E
- 4.8 TB/s, against 8 TB/s
- 3,958 TFLOPS, against 10 PFLOPS
- 1,979 TFLOPS, against 5 PFLOPS