GPU.ai vs Lambda
Two GPU specialist providers, priced against each other on the 4 GPUs both of them rent. Published per-GPU on-demand rates as each provider last stated them, with what their own pages say about billing, commitment and egress beside the numbers.
GPU.ai is cheaper on 4 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 40%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 15 17 offers
- Registered in
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 11 26 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 4 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | GPU.ai | Lambda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.49/hr | $3.99/hr | 13% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB | $2.48/hr | $3.29/hr | 25% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB | $0.89/hr | $1.99/hr | 55% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $0.40/hr | $1.09/hr | 63% cheaper on GPU.ai |
Per GPU per hour, on-demand list prices as each provider last published them. Rates exclude tax and vary by region; a cheaper rate is not the same machine, the same network or the same support.
| GPU.ai | Lambda | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing granularityOn short jobs this outweighs the rate: an hour minimum on a 90-second run costs more than a 30% dearer per-second rate. | Per second | Per minute |
| Minimum commitment | $5 minimum deposit, no term | None on demand; 2 weeks on clusters |
| Payment model | Prepaid credit balance with burn rate and runway | Postpaid, weekly invoices; clusters invoiced on reservation |
| Egress | not stated | Free |
| Regions | 8 regions: US East/Central/West, Canada, EU West, EU East, India South, Asia-Pacific | 14 regions: US (9), Japan (2), India, Germany, Israel |
Neither site tells you whether your data trains their models, an uptime SLA, whether you get credits when it breaks or what network speed you get. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada 16GB$0.24/hr
- NVIDIA L4 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA A40 48GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.65/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.78/hr
- NVIDIA L40S 48GB$0.80/hr
- NVIDIA A100 80GB$1.07/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$1.99/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$3.19/hr
- NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB$3.29/hr
- NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB$3.59/hr
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 24GB$0.69/hr
- NVIDIA Tesla V100 16GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA A10 24GB$1.29/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40GB$1.99/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$2.29/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$2.79/hr
- NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB$6.69/hr
Is GPU.ai cheaper than Lambda?
GPU.ai is cheaper on 4 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 40%.
Which GPUs do GPU.ai and Lambda both rent?
NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB — 4 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at GPU.ai and at Lambda?
Of the cards both rent, GPU.ai starts at $0.40 per GPU-hour and Lambda at $1.09.