Lambda vs Massed Compute
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.
Massed Compute is cheaper on 4 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 41%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 11 26 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 15 72 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 4 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | Lambda | Massed Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $6.69/hr | $5.43/hr | 19% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.99/hr | $2.73/hr | 32% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $2.79/hr | $1.38/hr | 51% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $1.09/hr | $0.55/hr | 50% cheaper on Massed Compute |
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.
| Lambda | Massed Compute | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 minute | Per minute |
| Minimum commitment | None on demand; 2 weeks on clusters | None; prepaid balance with $5 minimum threshold |
| Payment model | Postpaid, weekly invoices; clusters invoiced on reservation | Prepaid balance with automatic recharge |
| Free credits | not stated | Referral credit 3% of referred spend; coupon codes |
| Egress | Free | Free |
| Uptime SLA | not stated | 99.999% claimed on product page; no SLA document found |
| Regions | 14 regions: US (9), Japan (2), India, Germany, Israel | US regions (e.g. us-central-3); locations not named |
Neither site tells you whether you get credits when it breaks, whether a commitment auto-renews, how long you have to dispute a bill or whether private networking exists. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- 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 A100 SXM4 40GB$1.99/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$2.29/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB$3.29/hr
- NVIDIA A30 24GB$0.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.86/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB$0.92/hr
- NVIDIA L40S 48GB$0.97/hr
- NVIDIA A100 80GB$1.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.19/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$2.92/hr
- NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB$3.62/hr
- NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB$6.60/hr
Is Lambda cheaper than Massed Compute?
Massed Compute is cheaper on 4 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 41%.
Which GPUs do Lambda and Massed Compute both rent?
NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB — 4 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Lambda and at Massed Compute?
Of the cards both rent, Lambda starts at $1.09 per GPU-hour and Massed Compute at $0.55.