NVIDIA H100 vs NVIDIA B300
NVIDIA B300 comes out ahead of NVIDIA H100 on 6 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 B300 takes it, 6–2 on rounds.
On the published figures, NVIDIA B300 takes 6 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose NVIDIA H100 if…
- • You want NVIDIA H100's edge on how much power it draws and how it handles scientific fp64 math
Choose NVIDIA B300 if…
- • You want NVIDIA B300's edge on how much memory it has and how fast its memory is
Round by round
- Round 1How much memory it hasNVIDIA B300 wins
NVIDIA B300 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How fast its memory isNVIDIA B300 wins
NVIDIA B300 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How fast it runs FP8 AI mathNVIDIA B300 winsNVIDIA H1005/10
3,958 TFLOPS
fp8 tensor core, with sparsity
- 3,958 TFLOPS, against 9 PFLOPS
Source: nvidia.com ↗
NVIDIA B300 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How fast it runs FP16 AI mathNVIDIA B300 winsNVIDIA H1005/10
1,979 TFLOPS
fp16 tensor core, with sparsity
- 1,979 TFLOPS, against 4.5 PFLOPS
Source: nvidia.com ↗
NVIDIA B300 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How much power it drawsNVIDIA H100 wins
NVIDIA H100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How fast chips talk to each otherNVIDIA B300 winsNVIDIA H1005/10
900 GB/s NVLink
nvlink gpu-to-gpu
- 900 GB/s NVLink, against 1.8 TB/s NVLink
Source: nvidia.com ↗
NVIDIA B300 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 7How it handles scientific FP64 mathNVIDIA H100 winsNVIDIA B3005/10
1.2 TFLOPS
fp64/fp64 tensor core
- 1.2 TFLOPS, against 67 TFLOPS
Source: dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com ↗
NVIDIA H100 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 8Which memory generation it usesNVIDIA B300 wins
NVIDIA B300 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Side by side
- 80 GB HBM3, against 288 GB HBM3E
- 3.35 TB/s, against 8 TB/s
- 1,979 TFLOPS, against 5 PFLOPs
- 989 TFLOPS, against 2.5 PFLOPs
- 270 GB HBM3E, against 288 GB HBM3E
- 7.7 TB/s, against 8 TB/s
- 1.2 TFLOPS, against 78.6 TFLOPs
- 9 PFLOPS, against 10 PFLOPS