AWS H200 Pricing Options
All available H200 instance types on AWS, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| us-east-1 | p5e.48xlarge (8x H200) | On-Demand | $42.0800/hr Cheapest | 8× GPU | 192 vCPU | 2048 GB |
About AWS H200 Cloud Pricing
Amazon Web Services dominates the GPU cloud market with the broadest instance family portfolio and deepest regional coverage. AWS GPU instances run on custom Nitro hypervisors with dedicated hardware tenancy options.
Why Choose AWS for H200
- Widest regional availability (30+ regions)
- Savings Plans and Reserved Instances for 1–3 year commitments
- Tight integration with SageMaker, Bedrock, and EKS for ML pipelines
- Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) for multi-node training
Best suited for: Enterprise teams running production ML pipelines who need SLA guarantees, compliance certifications (HIPAA, SOC2, FedRAMP), and deep AWS ecosystem integration.
H200 Technical Overview
The H200 uses the same Hopper GPU die as the H100 but with 76% more HBM memory (141 GB HBM3e vs 80 GB HBM3) and 43% more memory bandwidth. This makes it particularly effective for long-context LLM inference.
Pricing Analysis
AWS's cheapest H200 option starts at $42.0800/hr, which is 919% above the market average of $4.1287/hr. AWS currently offers on-demand pricing only for H200. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
Note: AWS pricing is typically 15–40% higher than specialized GPU clouds, but the ecosystem depth and enterprise support often justify the premium for production workloads.
Market context: H200 availability is growing rapidly in 2026 as providers upgrade their H100 clusters. Pricing typically runs 20–40% above H100 equivalent configurations.
Top Alternatives to AWS for H200
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest AWS H200 rate ($42.0800/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs AWS |
|---|---|---|---|
| RunPod | $0.5000/hr | On-Demand | -99% cheaper vs AWS |
| Lambda | $2.9900/hr | On-Demand | -93% cheaper vs AWS |
| Crusoe Energy | $3.1500/hr | On-Demand | -93% cheaper vs AWS |
| Crusoe Cloud | $3.6000/hr | On-Demand | -91% cheaper vs AWS |
| Nebius | $3.6000/hr | On-Demand | -91% cheaper vs AWS |
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