Q: How often is GPU Tracker pricing data updated?

GPU Tracker refreshes pricing every 6 hours through automated scrapers and provider APIs across 54+ clouds. Each price entry carries a timestamp so users can verify freshness. The full dataset (5,000+ instances) is free to browse and is also available via a $199/mo JSON API.

Q: Which GPU cloud providers does GPU Tracker cover?

GPU Tracker covers 54+ providers including AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, CoreWeave, Lambda Labs, RunPod, Vast.ai, TensorDock, Modal, Lightning.ai, FluidStack, Cudo Compute, Nebius, Vultr, Scaleway, OVHcloud, Hyperstack, Crusoe, Nscale, Verda, E2E Networks, Shadeform, and many more hyperscalers and specialty GPU clouds.

Question 1

What is the cheapest GPU cloud provider in 2026?

Accepted Answer

For budget and spot instances, Vast.ai and TensorDock are cheapest — A100 from $0.08/hr (spot), RTX 4090 from $0.20/hr. For reliable on-demand, RunPod leads (A100 from $0.34/hr). For enterprise SLAs, CoreWeave, AWS, Azure, and GCP cost 3–10x more. GPU Tracker compares live prices across 54+ providers, refreshed every 6 hours.

Question 2

How much does an H100 GPU cost per hour?

Accepted Answer

NVIDIA H100 80GB pricing ranges from $0.80/hr (Verda, specialty providers) to $8.46/hr (AWS p5.48xlarge per-GPU) to $97.44/hr on premium enterprise tiers. The median cheap-tier on-demand H100 is roughly $1.90–$2.50/hr. H100 SXM5 sits slightly higher than PCIe variants.

Question 3

How much does an A100 GPU cost per hour?

Accepted Answer

NVIDIA A100 80GB prices start at $0.08/hr on Vast.ai spot and $0.34/hr on RunPod on-demand. Enterprise providers like AWS and Azure charge $3–$5/hr. A100 40GB is typically 20–30% cheaper. Over 350 live A100 listings are tracked on GPU Tracker.

Question 4

What is the best GPU for LLM inference?

Accepted Answer

For 7B–13B models, RTX 4090 (24GB) or L40S (48GB) offer the best price-performance at $0.20–$0.80/hr. For 70B models, A100 80GB or H100 80GB are required. For 180B+ models, H200 (141GB) or multi-GPU H100 configurations. Quantization (Q4/Q8) halves the VRAM needed.

Question 5

What is the best GPU for training large language models?

Accepted Answer

H100 SXM5 and H200 are the standard for training frontier LLMs (70B+). H100 delivers ~3x the training throughput of A100 thanks to Transformer Engine and FP8. B200 and GB200 are emerging for the largest jobs. For smaller research models (7B–13B), A100 80GB remains cost-effective.

Question 6

How much VRAM do I need for an LLM?

Accepted Answer

Rule of thumb: parameters (B) × 2 bytes (fp16) = GB VRAM needed, plus 20% for KV cache. 7B model: ~14GB fp16 or 4GB Q4. 13B: ~26GB fp16, 7GB Q4. 70B: ~140GB fp16, 35GB Q4. Add context length: 128K context adds ~8–16GB.

Question 7

What is the difference between spot and on-demand GPU instances?

Accepted Answer

Spot instances are interruptible and cost 40–70% less than on-demand. RunPod spot H100: ~$1.20/hr vs $1.87/hr on-demand. Vast.ai A100 spot: $0.08/hr vs $0.34/hr on-demand. Use spot for fault-tolerant training with checkpointing; use on-demand for production inference or time-sensitive jobs.

Question 8

Is renting a GPU cheaper than buying?

Accepted Answer

Buying an H100 ($25K–$40K) breaks even vs renting at ~$2/hr in roughly 14–22 months of 24/7 use. Rent if you need <12 months, bursty workloads, or latest hardware. Buy if you need 24/7 utilization for 2+ years and can absorb depreciation. GPU Tracker's buy-vs-rent calculator runs this math live.

Question 9

How often is GPU Tracker pricing data updated?

Accepted Answer

GPU Tracker refreshes pricing every 6 hours through automated scrapers and provider APIs across 54+ clouds. Each price entry carries a timestamp so users can verify freshness. The full dataset (5,000+ instances) is free to browse and is also available via a $199/mo JSON API.

Question 10

Which GPU cloud providers does GPU Tracker cover?

Accepted Answer

GPU Tracker covers 54+ providers including AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, CoreWeave, Lambda Labs, RunPod, Vast.ai, TensorDock, Modal, Lightning.ai, FluidStack, Cudo Compute, Nebius, Vultr, Scaleway, OVHcloud, Hyperstack, Crusoe, Nscale, Verda, E2E Networks, Shadeform, and many more hyperscalers and specialty GPU clouds.

GPU	Provider?	VRAM?	Score?	Risk?	$/1M Tok?	Price/Hr?	Actions
5070 RTX5070Spot Blackwell35162385	Vast.ai Idle Billing	12GB	100	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0067/hr $4.9/mo	Deploy
5070 RTX5070×2Spot Blackwell35162381	Vast.ai Idle Billing	24GB	60	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0133/hr $9.7/mo	Deploy
3090 RTX3090Spot Ampere34495201	Vast.ai Idle Billing	24GB	49	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0133/hr $9.7/mo	Deploy
V100 V100Spot Older35091477	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	49	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0140/hr $10/mo	Deploy
V100 V100Spot Older33681217	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	47	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0147/hr $11/mo	Deploy
V100 V100×2Spot Older33625471	Vast.ai Idle Billing	32GB	31	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0267/hr $19/mo	Deploy
V100 V100×2Spot Older35091473	Vast.ai Idle Billing	32GB	31	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0267/hr $19/mo	Deploy
V100 V100 Older33681217	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	20	Variable	$0.01	$0.0355/hr $26/mo	Deploy
V100 V100 Older35091477	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	19	Variable	$0.01	$0.0362/hr $26/mo	Deploy
V100 V100Spot Older1V100.6V	Verda Emerging	16GB	14	High Risk	$0.01	$0.0483/hr $35/mo	Deploy
3090 RTX3090Spot Ampere21206409	Vast.ai Idle Billing	24GB	12	High Risk	$0.01	$0.0533/hr $39/mo	Deploy
5070 RTX5070Spot Blackwell35170527	Vast.ai Idle Billing	12GB	13	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0533/hr $39/mo	Deploy
5060 RTX5060TiSpot Blackwell34624774	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	7	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0533/hr $39/mo	Deploy
V100 V100×4Spot Older35091480	Vast.ai Idle Billing	64GB	20	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0560/hr $41/mo	Deploy
5070 RTX5070TiSpot Blackwell28864575	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	12	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0573/hr $42/mo	Deploy
5060 RTX5060TiSpot Blackwell29539030	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	5	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0667/hr $49/mo	Deploy
T4 T4Spot OlderStandard_NC4as_T4_v3	Azure Quota May Apply	16GB	4	Variable	$0.02	$0.0684/hr $50/mo	Deploy
T4 T4Spot OlderStandard_NC4as_T4_v3	Azure Quota May Apply	16GB	4	Variable	$0.02	$0.0686/hr $50/mo	Deploy
3070 RTX3070Spot AmpereNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	RunPod Established	8GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.0700/hr $51/mo	Deploy
5060 RTX5060Ti Blackwell34624774	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	5	Variable	$0.00	$0.0706/hr $52/mo	Deploy
V100 V100×2 Older35091473	Vast.ai Idle Billing	32GB	12	Variable	$0.01	$0.0724/hr $53/mo	Deploy
V100 V100×2 Older33625471	Vast.ai Idle Billing	32GB	11	Variable	$0.01	$0.0743/hr $54/mo	Deploy
A100 A100Spot Ampere31500051	Vast.ai Idle Billing	40GB	20	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0800/hr $58/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	6	Variable	$0.01	$0.0839/hr $61/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	6	Variable	$0.01	$0.0839/hr $61/mo	Deploy
3080 RTX3080TiSpot AmpereNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	RunPod Established	12GB	6	Variable	$0.01	$0.0900/hr $66/mo	Deploy
3080 RTX3080Spot AmpereNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	RunPod Established	10GB	6	Variable	$0.01	$0.0900/hr $66/mo	Deploy
3080 RTX3080Spot AmpereNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	RunPod Established	10GB	6	Variable	$0.01	$0.0900/hr $66/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.0926/hr $68/mo	Deploy
4070 RTX4070STiSpot Ada Lovelace35219828	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	4	High Risk	$0.01	$0.0933/hr $68/mo	Deploy
5070 RTX5070TiSpot Blackwell30898536	Vast.ai Idle Billing	16GB	7	High Risk	$0.00	$0.0933/hr $68/mo	Deploy
A100 A100 Ampere31500051	Vast.ai Idle Billing	40GB	17	Variable	$0.00	$0.0935/hr $68/mo	Deploy
V100 V100×2Spot Older2V100.10V	Verda Emerging	32GB	9	High Risk	$0.01	$0.0966/hr $71/mo	Deploy
T4 T4Spot OlderStandard_NC8as_T4_v3	Azure Quota May Apply	16GB	3	Variable	$0.02	$0.0977/hr $71/mo	Deploy
T4 T4Spot OlderStandard_NC8as_T4_v3	Azure Quota May Apply	16GB	3	Variable	$0.02	$0.0980/hr $72/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.0981/hr $72/mo	Deploy
GPU A4500Spot OlderNVIDIA RTX A4500	RunPod Established	20GB	4	Variable	—	$0.100/hr $73/mo	Deploy
4070 RTX4070TiSpot Ada LovelaceNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	RunPod Established	12GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.100/hr $73/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.101/hr $74/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.101/hr $74/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.103/hr $75/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.105/hr $77/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.105/hr $77/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.105/hr $77/mo	Deploy
A10 A10Spot AmpereStandard_NV6ads_A10_v5	Azure Quota May Apply	4GB	5	Variable	$0.01	$0.105/hr $77/mo	Deploy
3090 RTX3090×2Spot Ampere21206408	Vast.ai Idle Billing	48GB	7	High Risk	$0.01	$0.107/hr $78/mo	Deploy
5070 RTX5070×2Spot Blackwell35170533	Vast.ai Idle Billing	24GB	7	High Risk	$0.00	$0.107/hr $78/mo	Deploy
3090 RTX3090Spot AmpereNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	RunPod Established	24GB	6	Variable	$0.01	$0.110/hr $80/mo	Deploy
3090 RTX3090Spot AmpereNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	RunPod Established	24GB	6	Variable	$0.01	$0.110/hr $80/mo	Deploy
3090 RTX3090Spot AmpereNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	RunPod Established	24GB	6	Variable	$0.01	$0.110/hr $80/mo	Deploy

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