Amazon Web Services vs Beam
As of , Beam lists the lower on-demand rate on 5 of the 5 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: Amazon Web Services $14.24 (us-east-1) vs Beam $4.11 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $10.13 (71%) cheaper.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Amazon Web Services and Beam, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Amazon Web Services | Beam | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $14.24 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $4.11 from captured Deploy ↗ | $10.13 (71%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA H200 | $7.91 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $5.82 (74%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $3.43 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.36 from captured Deploy ↗ | $2.07 (60%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $3.36 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $2.27 (68%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA L40S | $1.86 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.76 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.10 (59%) | Beam |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B200: Amazon Web Services $14.24 (us-east-1) vs Beam $4.11 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $10.13 (71%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: Amazon Web Services $7.91 (us-east-1) vs Beam $2.09 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $5.82 (74%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Amazon Web Services $3.43 (us-east-1) vs Beam $1.36 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.07 (60%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Amazon Web Services $3.36 (us-east-1) vs Beam $1.09 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.27 (68%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: Amazon Web Services $1.86 (us-east-1) vs Beam $0.76 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $1.10 (59%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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